I am a
Home I AM A Search Login

Papers of the Week


Papers: 11 Jan 2020 - 17 Jan 2020


Human Studies


2020 Jan 15


Trials


21


1

High-frequency spinal cord stimulation at 10 kHz for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy: design of a multicenter, randomized controlled trial (SENZA-PDN).

Authors

Mekhail NA, Argoff CE, Taylor RS, Nasr C, Caraway DL, Gliner BE, Subbaroyan J, Brooks ES
Trials. 2020 Jan 15; 21(1):87.
PMID: 31941531.

Abstract

Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN), a debilitating and progressive chronic pain condition that significantly impacts quality of life, is one of the common complications seen with long-standing diabetes mellitus. Neither pharmacological treatments nor low-frequency spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has provided significant and long-term pain relief for patients with PDN. This study aims to document the value of 10-kHz SCS in addition to conventional medical management (CMM) compared with CMM alone in patients with refractory PDN.