Clinical Trial: The Efficacy of Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional



Official Title: The Efficacy of Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control

Brief Summary:

The objective is to determine if motor cortex stimulation works for the following conditions:

  1. Deafferentation facial pain,
  2. Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and
  3. Brachial plexus avulsion or phantom limb pain.

Each of these groups of 6 patients (total of 18) will be studied independently and all patients will be implanted with a motor cortex stimulation system. They will be randomised to either a regular or low stimulation setting in the two arms of the study. Each arm will last 3 months.