Could a magnetic helmet ease nerve pain in spinal injury patients?

NCT ID NCT05645003

Symptom relief Sponsor: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called rTMS can reduce nerve pain in people with spinal cord injury. Sixty adults will receive either real or sham rTMS daily for 15 sessions while continuing their usual pain medications. Pain levels will be measured at 15 days and 6 weeks to see if the treatment provides lasting relief.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could offer a non-drug way to reduce chronic nerve pain after spinal cord injury.
What could go wrong: This is a small, early-stage trial with only 60 people. The effect may be small or not last long, and not everyone may benefit.

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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

About 60 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2022

Expected to finish

Mar 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

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

Ages

20 to 70 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: Between the ages of 20-70, who applied to the AFSU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation inpatient service with the diagnosis of spinal cord injury and * Having spinal cord injury with neurophatic pain at least six months ago, * Able to follow two-stage verbal commands, * Agreeing to participate in the study voluntarily and regularly, * Patients who are medically stable (no previous myocardial infarction, no musculoskeletal problems) will be included in our study. Exclusion Criteria: Having an important comorbid disease such as severe heart disease (aortic stenosis, angina, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, pacemaker) and uncontrolled hypertension, * Epilepsy, * History of antiepileptic drug use, * Intracranial metal object, * Presence of in-ear implant, * Cognitive dysfunction, * Lower extremity peripheral nerve injury, * With malignancy and active infection, * Infection on the skin in the application area, * Having an open wound, * Having inflammatory disease, * Orthopedic injuries that can limit maximum effort contractions, * Having a brain lesion or a history of drug use that will affect the seizure threshold, * Patients with increased intracranial pressure or uncontrolled migraine will not be included.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

nervous system disorder neuralgia spinal cord injury

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Neurological diseases or conditions Neuropathic pain Spinal cord injuries

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Could a magnetic helmet ease nerve pain in spinal injury patients?

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