Spinal zap trial aims to calm chemo nerve pain
NCT ID NCT06616649
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This small pilot study tests whether a closed loop spinal cord stimulator can reduce pain and improve quality of life for people with nerve damage from chemotherapy. Ten adults with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in their legs will receive the device and be monitored for changes in pain, walking, and medication use. The study is currently suspended.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Diagnosis history of CIPN of lower extremities * Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of SCS * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing active chemotherapy or immunotherapy * Patients undergoing medical litigation. * Patients with active infection, being treated with antibiotics * Patients that are pregnant or planning to conceive * Patients who are receiving any investigational agents. * Patients with brain metastases. * Patients with cognitive impairment/psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. * Patients with history of alternative forms of sensorimotor neuropathies prior to CIPN presentation
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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