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Spinal cord injury study tests magnetic pulses to restore grip

NCT ID NCT03447509

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether a non-invasive magnetic brain stimulation technique called iTMS, combined with hand exercises, could help people with spinal cord injury regain grasping ability. Researchers measured changes in brain signals and hand strength. The trial was terminated early, so findings are limited.

What this could mean

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Active substance
iTMS (magnetic brain stimulation)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward a non-invasive therapy to improve hand function after spinal cord injury.
What could go wrong
The trial was terminated early, so results are limited. It is a small, early-stage study focused on understanding brain pathways, not a proven treatment.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

50 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2020

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 85 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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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: Participants who are unimpaired healthy controls: * Male and females between ages 18-85 years * Right handed * Able to complete precision grips with both hands * Able to complete full wrist flexion-extension bilaterally Participants who have had a spinal cord injury: * Male and females between ages 18-85 years * Chronic SCI (\> 1 year post injury) * Spinal Cord injury at C8 or above * Intact or impaired but not absent innervations in dermatomes C6. C7 and C8 during light touch and pin prick stimulus using the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) sensory scores * The ability to produce a visible precision grip force with one hand * Able to perform some small wrist flexion and extension * ASIA A,B,C, or D Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria for enrollment For SCI and Healthy Control Subjects (4-8 exclusion for non-invasive brain stimulation only): * Uncontrolled medical problems including pulmonary, cardiovascular or orthopedic disease * Any debilitating disease prior to the SCI that caused exercise intolerance * Premorbid, ongoing major depression or psychosis, altered cognitive status * History of head injury or stroke * Pacemaker * Metal plate in skull * History of seizures * Receiving drugs acting primarily on the central nervous system, which lower the seizure threshold * Pregnant females * Ongoing cord compression or a syrinx in the spinal cord or who suffer from a spinal cord disease such as spinal stenosis, spina bifida, MS, or herniated disk

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Conditions

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spinal cord injury

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Spinal cord injury

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL

    Hines, Illinois, 60141-3030, United States

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