Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:05 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:05 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00462566
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Diagnosis in one of the following three categories:
* Unilateral upper extremity neuropathic pain such as phantom limb pain, stump pain or brachial plexus avulsion
* Neuropathic deafferentation facial pain
* Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
2. Pain is refractory to conservative methods (e.g. medications, regional blocks) as reviewed by a chronic pain clinical physician
3. Patient is considered a good candidate for neurosurgery, i.e. no other medical problems that would preclude surgery
4. Patients who are willing to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients who are not considered medically fit for neurosurgery.
2. Patients who have not exhausted conservative methods of pain control, prior to considering motor cortex stimulation.
3. Patients who are not able to provide informed consent.
4. Patients unable to have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Study:
NCT00462566
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00462566