NCT04687215Recruiting
Diabetic Neuropathy in Spinal Cord Stimulator Patients
Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Pain, Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Flow in Lower Extremities in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type II A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Prospective Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective of this study is to assess the effect Spinal Cord Stimulators have toward improving vascular changes of diabetes mellitus in patients eligible for SCS placement based on their condition of painful diabetic neuropathy; we will evaluate improving their disability and quality of life, improving micro-circulatory changes induced by Diabetes Mellitus (DM), improving macro-circulatory changes induced by DM and improving arterial stiffness of the vessels of the lower extremity.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 25 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Dec 2020
- Start date
- 27 Jan 2022
- Primary completion date
- 1 Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Diseases
- Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT04687215
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 25
- From 27 Jan 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Illicit Drug Usage
- Surgery within the last 30 days
Other illness
- Patients with active infections
- Psychiatric disorders and cognitive dysfunctions
- Ulcer of the lower extremities
Other
- Patients on anticoagulants
- Patients with HbA1\>10
- Patients on dialysis
- BMI\>35.0
- Calcification of the peripheral arteries
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with DM type 2 of more than 1-year duration
- DM stage 3 or less
- Patients ≥18 years of age
- Refractory painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- ABI index \<0.9
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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