Scrambler Therapy Compared With Standard Medicines for Pain After Stroke
Tests a device-based pain therapy against standard medicines in adults with pain after stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Scrambler Therapy for Post-Stroke Pain
Key facts
- Where
- Baltimore, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Johns Hopkins Bayview HospitalBaltimore, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Johns Hopkins University
- Trial code
- NCT05563038
- Record updated
- 26 January 2026
- Original description
The Investigators will enroll patients who have had a stroke and are experiencing post-stroke pain secondary to their infarct and disruption of the sensory system in a research study to compare the effectiveness of Scrambler Therapy to traditional pharmacologic therapies.Read full original descriptionShow less
Scrambler Therapy for Post-Stroke Pain
The Investigators will enroll patients who have had a stroke and are experiencing post-stroke pain secondary to their infarct and disruption of the sensory system in a research study to compare the effectiveness of Scrambler Therapy to traditional pharmacologic therapies.
Inclusion: Men and women over the age of 18 with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke seen on imaging and a positive finding for pain in the area(s) affected by their stroke location will be included; The patients must be at least one month post-stroke but can otherwise enroll at any point.
Exclusion: Patients with no evidence of stroke on MRI; Patients with history of myocardial infarction in the past 6 months; Patients with uncontrolled epilepsy; Patients with TIA; Patients with implantable devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, spinal cord stimulators; Patients with symptomatic brain metastases.