Towards Individualized Deep Brain Stimulation Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain

PHASE2TerminatedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

3

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 1, 2014

Primary Completion Date

August 1, 2019

Study Completion Date

August 1, 2019

Conditions
Neuralgia
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Deep brain stimulation

Implantation of a deep brain stimulation electrode into pain processing brain areas

DEVICE

Cervel Neurotech, Multi-coil TMS

Non-invasive selective stimulation of deep brain areas using magnetic fields.

DRUG

11C-Carfentanil

PET-radioligand for functional brain imaging to assess opioid binding. The compound is a potent synthetic opioid.

Trial Locations (1)

8000

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

collaborator

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

OTHER

lead

University of Aarhus

OTHER