Short-term Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: SCS, Conventional.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Coma, Stroke. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
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Official title
The Safety and Efficacy of Short-term Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: a Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Outcome-blind Interventional Study
Overview
Disorders of consciousness (DOC) refers to the persistent loss of consciousness after 28 days in patients with brain injury caused by trauma, stroke, or hypoxia. It includes coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state. At present, there is no effective treatment for DOC. Only one RCT study of amantadine has proved that it may be effective for the treatment of DOC. In recent years, more evidence has shown that neuromodulation technology is beneficial to the recovery of DOC. Cervical spinal cord stimulation surgery is a new treatment method for patients with DOC. Electrodes are implanted in the high cervical spinal cord C2-C5. By adjusting different electrical stimulation parameters, it has a wake-promoting effect. In this study, patients were selected into the spinal cord stimulation group and the conventional treatment group according to the wishes of their families. The patients in the spinal cord stimulation group were given 21 days of cervical spinal cord stimulation treatment on the basis of conventional brain rehabilitation. Patients were followed up routinely and completed designated examinations at 12 months to determine the safety and efficacy of cervical spinal cord stimulation therapy.
Interventions
- Device SCS
21 days of cervical spinal cord electrical stimulation treatment in addition to routine brain resuscitation and rehabilitation awakening treatment. - Other Conventional
Routine brain resuscitation and rehabilitation awakening treatment.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in consciousness 12 months after surgery assessed by CRS-R [Time frame: 12 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Consciousness recovery 12 months after surgery assessed by GOS-E [Time frame: 12 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age between 18 and 65 years old
- Patients with postoperative consciousness disorders after cerebral hemorrhage for more than 28 days
- CRS-R score meets the MCS diagnosis
- Signed informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Secondary brain injury caused by arteriovenous malformation, cerebral aneurysm, cavernous hemangioma, brain tumor and carbon monoxide poisoning
- History of previous epileptic seizures
- Critical condition, unstable intracranial condition, risk of rebleeding
- Unstable vital signs requiring mechanical ventilation
- Contraindications for spinal cord surgery
- Severe sympathetic overactivity syndrome.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05922644 · 2022GKZS0005