Blood Pressure Clinical Trial
Official title:
Safety, Feasibility, and Efficacy of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Stabilizing Blood Pressure for Acute Inpatients With Spinal Cord Injury
This project will focus on a novel approach to stabilizing blood pressure (BP) during inpatient rehabilitation after acute SCI. After SCI, people have unstable blood pressure, ranging from too low (orthostatic hypotension) to too high (autonomic dysreflexia). Unstable BP often interferes with performing effective physical rehabilitation after SCI. A critical need exists for the identification of safe, practical and effective treatment options that stabilize BP after traumatic SCI. Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation (TSCS) has several advantages over pharmacological approaches: (1) does not exacerbate polypharmacy, (2) can be activated/deactivated rapidly, and (3) can be applied in synergy with physical exercise. The study team is asking the key question: "What if applying TSCS earlier after injury could prevent the development of BP instability?" To facilitate adoption of TSCS for widespread clinical use, the study team plans to map and develop a parameter configuration that will result in an easy to follow algorithm to maximize individual benefits, while minimizing the burden on healthcare professionals. This project will provide the foundational evidence to support the feasible and safe application of TSCS in the newly injured population, thereby overcoming barriers to engagement in prescribed inpatient rehabilitation regimens that are imposed by BP instability.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 50 |
Est. completion date | February 2027 |
Est. primary completion date | February 2027 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 89 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - All newly injured patients with SCI who are sequentially admitted during the 42-month recruitment period - Meet the following Model Systems entry criteria with evidence of BP instability - Exhibit one or more of the following: Resting hypotension - systolic BP = 110 mmHg for males or = 100 mmHg for females; OH - fall in systolic BP = 20 mmHg and/or a fall in diastolic BP = 10 mmHg within 10 minutes of assuming an upright position; BP instability - fluctuation in systolic BP = 20 mmHg and/or fluctuation in diastolic BP = 10 mmHg within a single day during routine activities in the AIR setting. - Have trouble with your blood pressure as determined by your doctor. - Participants must be between the ages of 18-89 years old, experienced a spinal cord injury (SCI) within the past 30 days to 6 months, have sustained a SCI with temporary or permanent loss of sensory and/or motor function, and are an inpatient for acute SCI rehabilitation therapy at Mount Sinai. - You are not dependent on a ventilator at this time. - You do not have a history of implanted pacemaker/defibrillator or significant coronary artery disease. Exclusion Criteria: - Implanted brain/spine/nerve stimulators, cochlear implants, cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator, or intracardiac lines - Open skin lesions on or near the electrode placement sites (neck, upper back) - Significant coronary artery or cardiac conduction disease - Recent history of myocardial infarction - Insufficient mental capacity to understand and independently provide consent - Pregnancy - Cancer - Deemed unsuitable by study physician As part of the feasibility assessment, the study team will document demographic and injury characteristics of eligible patients who refuse enrollment, as well as reasons for ineligibility among those who do not meet entrance criteria. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Mount Sinai Spinal Cord Injury Model System | New York | New York |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Sit-up Test - Blood Pressure (BP) with and without stimulation. | A brachial BP cuff (Series 400, GE Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA) a finger BP monitor (Finometer ® MIDI Model-2; Finopres Medical Systems BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) will be applied. Brachial BP will be monitored at 1-minute intervals for 10-minutes in the supine and 10-minutes in the seated positions. | weekly until discharge, average of 3 weeks | |
Primary | Severity of Dizziness Scale | The severity of orthostatic dizziness will be assessed at 0, 3, 7 and 10 minutes during the seated BP assessment using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0=no dizziness and 10=severe dizziness. | weekly until discharge, average of 3 weeks | |
Primary | Sit-up Test - Heart Rate (HR) with and without stimulation. | A 3-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) (RESP1 Impedance Pneumograph, Moro Bay, CA, USA) will be used to determine HR and to estimate parameters of autonomic cardiac control with the recording electrode in the V5 position (immediately below the left anterior axillary line on the same horizontal plane as the 5th intercostal space). | weekly until discharge, average of 3 weeks | |
Secondary | Pain Numeric Rating Scale (NPRS) | Pain scale from 0-10, with higher score indicating more severe pain | weekly until discharge, average of 3 weeks |
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