Non-Invasive Electrical and Magnetic Neuromodulation in Persons With Chronic Spinal
NCT ID: NCT05994846
Last Updated: 2025-09-09
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Basic Information
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SUSPENDED
NA
10 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-06-23
2026-06-23
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Part 1- Assessment Sessions This part of the study designed to determine (1) which, if any, of the participant's muscles respond to stimulation and, if there are responses observed, (2) what stimulation parameters and modalities would be best suited for the participant during Part 2 of the trial. The team will create a participant-specific menu of modalities and pre-defined parameters for electromagnetic stimulation (e.g., amplitude, channels, frequencies, electrode placement, etc.) from which they will select for participant visits in Part 2 of the study. They will also capture the participant's Movement Signature (the pattern of movement as measured by accelerometers and surface EMG that a person exhibits while sitting/standing at rest and/or doing specific tasks to inform Part 2 of the study. Finally, the participants will complete a Baseline Clinical Outcome Measures validated for SCI to provide baseline data prior to the neuromodulation intervention.
Part 2 - The Experimental Cycles This part of the study will consist of Intervention Sessions, in which the team will apply transcutaneous stimulation to the participant's target muscles identified in Part 1, using the parameters and modalities deemed best suited for the participant. during tasks and activities deemed most appropriate for the targeted muscles. The team will measure the effects of electromagnetic stimulation on the participant's muscle activity and movement.
The Cycle will also include Biometric sessions, where the participant will engage in a series of upper extremity, trunk and/or lower extremity repetitive tasks from their prescribed "activity library" that was created for them during Part 1 of the study and the team will measure changes in muscle tone, strength, and movement before and after stimulation. In other sessions, the participant will undergo a series of more targeted tasks with and without electromagnetic stimulation applied, to measure changes in the participant's neurophysiology, kinetics, and kinematics due to electromagnetic stimulation.
After a series of Intervention and Biometrics Sessions, if there are no changes observed in the participant's kinematics or EMG signals in the and/or in select outcome measures, the participant will enter a Parameter Optimization Session. During this session, the study team will revisit the library of stimulation parameters that were defined for the participant during Part 1 of the study and refine the parameters for use in the next Experimental Cycle. The manipulation and refinement of these parameters will be done with the aim of achieving changes in the subsequent Experimental Cycle.
The participant will continue in the study until the time that there is no observed effect of stimulation for three (3) consecutive Experimental Cycles, or may continue for a maximum of six (6) Experimental Cycles. At the end of the study, the participant will repeat the series of Clinical Outcome Measures that were completed at Baseline.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
DIAGNOSTIC
NONE
Study Groups
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Experimental Treatment Arm
Participants will receive closed-loop transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation via the RISES-T System while completing repetitive task practice
RISES-T System
The RISES-T system is a hardware and software platform that has been designed and developed to help people living with movement impairment due to Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to improve and/or restore mobility. The hardware consists of a functional electrical stimulation device that delivers stimulation to the skin through surface electrodes; a series of wearable sensors that collect kinematic (IMU) data and muscle activity (EMG) data, and RISES Software, which incorporates algorithms that utilizes the streaming IMU and EMG sensor data to inform the electrical stimulation parameters and enables real-time visualization of the sensor data and stimulation parameters via Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Interventions
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RISES-T System
The RISES-T system is a hardware and software platform that has been designed and developed to help people living with movement impairment due to Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) to improve and/or restore mobility. The hardware consists of a functional electrical stimulation device that delivers stimulation to the skin through surface electrodes; a series of wearable sensors that collect kinematic (IMU) data and muscle activity (EMG) data, and RISES Software, which incorporates algorithms that utilizes the streaming IMU and EMG sensor data to inform the electrical stimulation parameters and enables real-time visualization of the sensor data and stimulation parameters via Graphical User Interface (GUI).
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) classification A, B, C, or D
Can participate in physical and occupational therapy rehabilitation programs
Is at minimum 12 months post-injury
Can provide informed consent
Has adequate caregiver support to facilitate participation in study
Is willing to undergo audio-visual recording sessions
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Exclusion Criteria
Has any unstable or significant medical condition that is likely to interfere with study procedures or likely to confound study endpoint evaluations like severe neuropathic pain, depression, mood disorders or other cognitive disorders
Has autonomic dysreflexia that is severe, unstable, and uncontrolled or uncontrolled orthostatic hypotension that may interfere with rehabilitation.
Requires ventilator support Has an autoimmune etiology of spinal cord dysfunction/injury
Has spasms that limit the ability to participate in the study training (as determined by the Investigator)
Has skin breakdown in area(s) that will come into contact with electrodes
Has any active implanted medical device (e.g., cochlear implant, pacemaker, neurostimulator or medication infusion device) Is pregnant, planning to become pregnant or currently breastfeeding
Has concurrent participation in another drug or device trial that may interfere with this study
Has other traumatic injuries such as peripheral nerve injuries, severe musculoskeletal injuries (e.g., shattered pelvis, long bone fractures), that prevent evaluation of response to or participation in rehabilitation.
Is not a candidate for other reason determined by the investigators
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18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Thomas Jefferson University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mijail Demian Serruya
Associate Professor
Locations
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Countries
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References
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Kumru H, Rodriguez-Canon M, Edgerton VR, Garcia L, Flores A, Soriano I, Opisso E, Gerasimenko Y, Navarro X, Garcia-Alias G, Vidal J. Transcutaneous Electrical Neuromodulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord Depends Both on the Stimulation Intensity and the Degree of Voluntary Activity for Training. A Pilot Study. J Clin Med. 2021 Jul 25;10(15):3278. doi: 10.3390/jcm10153278.
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Barss TS, Parhizi B, Porter J, Mushahwar VK. Neural Substrates of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Neuromodulation across Multiple Segments of the Spinal Cord. J Clin Med. 2022 Jan 27;11(3):639. doi: 10.3390/jcm11030639.
Capogrosso M, Wagner FB, Gandar J, Moraud EM, Wenger N, Milekovic T, Shkorbatova P, Pavlova N, Musienko P, Bezard E, Bloch J, Courtine G. Configuration of electrical spinal cord stimulation through real-time processing of gait kinematics. Nat Protoc. 2018 Sep;13(9):2031-2061. doi: 10.1038/s41596-018-0030-9.
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Pascual-Leone A, Freitas C, Oberman L, Horvath JC, Halko M, Eldaief M, Bashir S, Vernet M, Shafi M, Westover B, Vahabzadeh-Hagh AM, Rotenberg A. Characterizing brain cortical plasticity and network dynamics across the age-span in health and disease with TMS-EEG and TMS-fMRI. Brain Topogr. 2011 Oct;24(3-4):302-15. doi: 10.1007/s10548-011-0196-8. Epub 2011 Aug 14.
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Other Identifiers
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Rises-T 2.0 iRISID-2023-2024
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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