Status:

TERMINATED

CREATION: A Clinical Trial of Qigong for Neuropathic Pain Relief in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury

Lead Sponsor:

University of Minnesota

Conditions:

Spinal Cord Injuries

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Between 39-67% of the 294,000 Americans who have a SCI suffer from long-term debilitating neuropathic pain, interfering with rehabilitation, general activity, mobility, mood, sleep, and quality of lif...

Detailed Description

Neuropathic pain in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI) has been attributed to altered pain processing-related brain function. However, recent studies showed that SCI-related brain alterations impact...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Spinal cord injury of greater than or equal to 3 months
  • Medically stable with paraplegia (T1 and below) or tetraplegia (C4 and below)
  • Highest level of below-level SCI-related neuropathic pain \>3 on the numeric pain rating scale.

Exclusion

  • MRI contra-indications (stabilizing hardware is typically MRI safe)
  • Uncontrolled seizure disorder; cognitive impairment and/or communicative disability (e.g., due to brain injury) that prevent the participant from following directions or from learning
  • Ventilator dependency
  • Pregnancy to plans to become pregnant during study
  • Inability to perform kinesthetic imagery.
  • Participants who cannot feel index finger movements will not perform the robot task but will perform all other resting-state and tasks in the MRI scanner.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04917107

Start Date

July 1 2021

End Date

February 1 2023

Last Update

September 26 2025

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University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455