Clinical trials: Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation, open to volunteers
Spinal Cord Injury
Arm and Leg Cycling for Accelerated SCI Recovery
The purpose of this study is to examine interventions with paradigms involving upper and lower extremity cycling (A\&L cycling) with A\&L cycling with functional electrical stimulation (FES) (A\&L_FES group), A\&L cycling with…
- Trial name
- NCT06873776
- Testing
- A&L cycling, Body weight supported treadmill training (BWSTT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Spinal Cord Injury Cervical
Combining Spinal Cord Transcutaneous Stimulation and Activity-based Training in Inpatient Rehabilitation to Facilitate Upper Limb Function of Individuals with Acute to Subacute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this clinical trial is to understand the safety and practicality of using spinal cord transcutaneous (through the skin) stimulation in an inpatient setting as well as how the combination of activity-based training…
- Trial name
- NCT06773286
- Testing
- Active Stimulation, Training only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Diabetic Neuropathy
tSCS and AR Training on QoL and Physical Activity in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients
Existing evidence of tSCS emphasizes pain relief and overlooks other functional parameters such as sensory enhancement, lower limb flexibility, and sustained improvements in physical activity and QoL.
- Trial name
- NCT07619755
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation Group, Augmented reality
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Spinal Cord Injuries, Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiopulmonary Changes Following Spinal Cord Stimulation in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury
The aim of this study is to examine the mechanisms of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) for improving cardiovascular and pulmonary function in individuals with chronic motor-complete spinal cord injury (SCI) by…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiopulmonary Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT06379711
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Neurogenic Bowel, Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Bowel Management in Individuals with Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury
The primary goals of this pilot trial are to understand the feasibility and safety of thoracolumbar transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation for neurogenic bowel management in individuals with new onset, traumatic, cervicothoracic…
- Trial name
- NCT06801431
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Spinal Cord Stimulation, Electric Stimulation Therapy
Evaluating Safety and Feasibility of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Following Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study
The study will be a non-randomized, non-blinded pilot study to analyze the safety and feasibility of a non-significant risk device, transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Stimulation, Electric Stimulation Therapy, Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Cervical Myelopathy
- Trial name
- STIM (NCT06520020)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (Tc-SCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Francis Farhadi
Spinal Cord Injuries, Non Invasive Spinal Stimulation
Development of a Novel Strategy to Analyze the Effect on Gait Using Transcutaneous Spinal Current Stimulation in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injured Patients
To determine whether the combination of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation together with gait rehabilitation reduces spasticity and facilitates recovery of lower limb motor strength and gait function in patients with incomplete…
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Non Invasive Spinal Stimulation, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Motor Function; Retardation
- Trial name
- NCT07289191
- Testing
- transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Guttmann
Spinal Cord Injuries
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Combined With Arm Bike for Cardiovascular Recovery in SCI
Spinal cord injury (SCI) can make it hard for the body to self-regulate some of its automatic functions like blood pressure, breathing, and heart rate.
- Trial name
- NCT06313515
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation, Arm-crank bike exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple System Atrophy, Parkinson Variant
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Home Study
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to examine the safety and feasibility of SCONE as home based therapy for orthostatic hypotension and bowel dysfunction in individuals with spinal cord injury or multiple system atrophy.
- Trial name
- NCT06838637
- Testing
- Spinal COrd NEuromodulation ("SCONE") Device
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Berger
Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Upper Extremity Function
Transcutaneous electrical stimulation (tcES) of the spinal cord has shown great promise in restoring upper extremity function after spinal cord injury (SCI).
- Trial name
- NCT06596369
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, Upper extremity rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Multiple Sclerosis
Home-based Spinal Cord Stimulation for Hand & Arm Function in MS
This is a pilot study designed to test the feasibility of in-home, non-invasive (transcutaneous, applied by surface electrodes over the skin) electrical spinal cord stimulation combined with exercises for restoring upper…
- Trial name
- eSTIM-MS Home (NCT07673354)
- Testing
- Spinal Cord Stimulation + Hand/arm Exercises
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Modulating Spinal Interoceptive Pathways to Evaluate Their Role and Therapeutic Potential in MDD Symptomatic Domains
Spinal interoceptive pathways (SIPs) convey bodily signals to an interoceptive system in the brain and their dysregulation is linked to major depressive disorder (MDD).
- Trial name
- MOSPID (NCT06795451)
- Testing
- transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cincinnati
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS)
Investigating the Impact of Electrical Stimulation on Facial Pain, Jaw Movement and Oral Health in People With Motor Neuron Disease.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of non-invasive electrical stimulation, when placed on the facial muscles can reduce facial pain and improve jaw mobility, and chewing in individuals with Amyotrophic…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS), Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Trial name
- MND (NCT07187388)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to reduce facial pain and improve jaw range of motion in ALS and PLS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Spinal Cord Injury
Exoskeletal-assisted Walking Combined With Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation: Effect on Imaging and Serum Biomarkers of Skeletal Muscle Mass and Bone Strength.
Immobilization following spinal cord injury (SCI) results in muscle and bone loss below the level of injury, which ultimately predisposes to fracture at several sites throughout the legs and can lead to several medical…
- Trial name
- NCT07418398
- Testing
- Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking (EAW), Active Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (tSCS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Neuropathic Pain
Study on the Efficacy of Non-invasive Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulation in Neuropathic Pain
This study is a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial designed to evaluate the impact of non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation (tSCS) on the outcome of patients with neuropathic pain.Subjects will be…
- Trial name
- NCT07046143
- Testing
- tSCS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Nanchang University Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital
Multiple Sclerosis, Mobility Limitation
Innovative Approaches to Enhance Balance and Neuroplasticity in Multiple Sclerosis
This study will evaluate the effects of combining balance training with electrical stimulation techniques in individuals with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis, Mobility Limitation, Balance; Distorted, Gait
- Trial name
- NCT07174973
- Testing
- Balance training with FES, Balance training wiith combined neuromodulation (TSCS+FES), Balance training only
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Spinal Cord Injuries
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation in Children With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Aim 1: Determine the safety and feasibility of administration of TSCS to children in a clinical setting. Participants will be randomly assigned to experimental (TSCS) or control (sham stimulation) groups.
- Trial name
- NCT06242873
- Testing
- Gait training with/without TSCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Chronic Low-back Pain
Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain
As a leading cause of disability worldwide, chronic low back pain (cLBP) represents a significant medical and socioeconomic problem with estimated health care spending of $87 billion/annually.
- Trial name
- NCT05265000
- Testing
- tSpinalStim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis
Spinal Cord Associative Plasticity Study
Spinal cord associative plasticity (SCAP) is a combined cortical and spinal electrical stimulation technique developed to induce recovery of arm and hand function in spinal cord injury.
- Conditions
- Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis, Cervical Myelopathy
- Trial name
- SCAP (NCT05163639)
- Testing
- Non-invasive pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Intraoperative pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation, Non-invasive repeated pairing of cortical and spinal stimulation (SCAP)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Spinal Cord Injuries
Upper Limb Spinal Cord Stimulation for Rehabilitation Enhancement
In the United Kingdom, there are more than 1000 new cases of spinal cord injury (SCI) each year, with around half of these injuries affecting the cervical spine.
- Trial name
- Up-Stim (NCT05991804)
- Testing
- Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation added to inpatient rehabilitation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London