Severe Chronic Neuropathic Pain: A Treatment Bundle, Using Spinal Cord Stimulation and Multidisciplinary Treatment, to Reduce Pain and Improve Physical Function.

Sponsor
Oslo University Hospital
Study ID
NCT07403331
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
  • Multidisciplinary Approach
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Rehabilitation Exercise
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 60 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Treatment bundle — OTHER
    The intervention is a treatment bundle consisting of spinal cord stimulation plus multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The multidisciplinary rehabilitation consists of excercise therapy, cognitive therapy and individualized programming of the SCS device.

Study Details

People with nerve damage can develop nerve pain. The pain can sometimes be severe and unpredictable, causing odd or alarming sensations - for example, lightning-like or electric shock feelings in the area served by the damaged nerve. The investigators will examine a treatment for nerve pain in the legs caused by nerve damage, which can occur after a herniated disc or a bone fracture, with or without surgery. Previous research suggests that spinal cord stimulation can relieve nerve pain in the legs after surgery or injury, but its effectiveness is still debated. Other studies show that multidisciplinary treatment helps people with long-term pain to improve their quality of life and to better cope in life. National and international guidelines recommend this kind of multidisciplinary care for long-term pain. There has yet been published research on spinal cord stimulation combined with multidisciplinary treatment as a bundle intervention. The investigators therefore want to find out whether this combined approach can reduce nerve pain in the legs and improve physical functioning.

Key Dates

First listed
Feb 11, 2026
Start date
May 4, 2026
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2027
Completion
Jul 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Treatment bundle
    Treatment bundle consisting of spinal cord stimulation plus multidisciplinary rehabilitation

Primary Outcome Measure

Pain intensity in leg(s) [ Time Frame: From baseline through 12 weeks after start of SCS+rehabilitation and during a 5-week period approximately 6 months after implantation. ]

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