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. 2024;12(6):380–399. doi: 10.22038/ABJS.2023.73944.3424

Table 1.

Summary of clinical trials for combination therapy of spinal cord injury

NCT Number Status Conditions Study Type Phase Interventions Population Study Design / Primary Purpose Outcome Measures Date(Study Start / Last Update) Locations
Enrollment /Age Sex
NCT00291317 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
RT 300-PFES Cycle
6 / 4 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult) All Single Group Assignment /
Treatment
Change in Pediatric Quality of Life/ Change in Bone Mineral Density 2006 / 2012 United States
NCT01143597 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Exercise:
Arm and hand training
48/ 16 Years to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) All RandomizedParallel Assignment /
Treatment
Cortical motorexcitability via transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS)
2007 / 2013 United States
NCT01471613 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial I,II Procedure:
Conventional Treatment Drug:
Lithium Carbonate Tablet, PlaceboBiological:
Cord Blood Cell
16 / 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /
Treatment
Change from Baseline in AIS Motor and sensory scores Walking Functional assessment Locomotion Pain 2011 / 2014 China
NCT01232907 Completed Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) InterventionalClinical Trial II Drug:
L-Carnitine
2 / 19 Years to 65 Years (Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Single Group Assignment /
Treatment
Fatigue, Pain, Depression will be completed by subjects biweekly 2010 / 2014 Canada
NCT02098135 Completed -Stroke
-Spinal Cord Injury
InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
ArmeoSenso
14 / 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) All Single Group Assignment /
Treatment
Training Improvement in the Arm function 2013 / 2015 Switzerland
NCT01484184 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial I, II Drug:
SPINALON (buspirone +
levodopa + cardidopa)
50/ 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) All Randomized, Factorial Assignment /Treatment Pharmacokinetics Blood pressure Respiration rate Oxygen saturation Change in hematology and biochemistry laboratory Parameters Occurrence of rhythmic leg EMGs 2013 / 2015 Canada
NCT00634426 Completed - Metastatic Epidural
- Spinal Cord
Compression
Observational Procedure:
Surgical excision of the
metastatic processRadiation:
Radiotherapy of the metastatic spine process
163 / 18 Years and older (Adult, Older
Adult)
All CohortProspective Change in spineassociated pain intensity Neurological outcomes Survival Adverse events 2008 / 2015 United States, Canada
NCT01621113 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial II Drug:
Dalfampridine, Placebo
27 / 18 Years to 70
Years (Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /
Treatment
Change in Walk Test Change in Spinal Cord Injury Functional Ambulation Index (SCI-FAI) Change in Lower-Extremity Motor Scores 2012 / 2017 United States
NCT01435798 Completed -Central
Neuropathic Pain- Allodynia- Spinal Cord Injury
InterventionalClinical Trial II Drug:
Dextromethorphan
26 / 18 Years to 70
Years (Adult, Older Adult)
All Randomized,Crossover Assignment /Treatment Mean Pain Intensity (Percent Change From Baseline) Satisfaction 2003 / 2017 United States
NCT02218203 Completed -Central
Neuropathic Pain- Allodynia- Spinal Cord Injury
InterventionalClinical Trial II Drug:
DextromethorphanDrug: LidocaineDrug: Placebo
(Dextromethorphan)Drug: Placebo
(Lidocaine)
26 / 18 Years to 70
Years (Adult, Older Adult)
All Randomized,Factorial Assignment /Treatment Percent Change in Peak Pain Intensity 2003 / 2018 United States
NCT01225055 Completed - Spinal Cord Injury- Bone Loss-Osteoporosis InterventionalClinical Trial II Drug:
Teriparatide
Device:
Vibration
60 / 21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /
Treatment
Bone Mineral Density (Hip, Lumbar Spine, Femoral Neck)C-terminal Telopeptide Bone-specific Alkaline PhosphataseAmino-terminal Propeptide of Type Collagen 2010 / 2018 United States
Table 1. Continued
NCT03112941 Completed Spinal Cord Injuries InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Procedure:
Control groupOther:
hyperbaric
oxygen group
164 / 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /
Treatment
Modified Barthel index American Spinal Injury Association impairment scale grading 2012 / 2018
NCT01621984 Completed Neuromuscular
Disease
InterventionalClinical Trial I Other:
Therapeutic Riding/
Hippotherapy Intervention
60 / 4 Years to 18
Years(Child,
Adult)
All Single Group Assignment /Treatment Improvement in Gross Motor Function and PerformanceDecrease of spasticity Improvement in Quality of life 2012 / 2018 Greece
NCT03810963 Completed Spinal Cord Injuries InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Combination Product: HIIT-FES Cycling combined with Nutritional CounselingOther:
Nutritional Counseling Only
15 / 21 Years to 65
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Non-
Randomized,Parallel Assignment / Treatment
Body Fat Percentage Arterial health via flow mediated dilation Blood glucose testing Pre- post- intervention three day dietary recall 2017 / 2019 United States
NCT03457714 Completed - Spinal Cord Injuries- Depression- Anxiety Observational Behavioral:
Guided ICBT for persons with Spinal Cord InjuryOther:
Survey
20 / 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) All Cohort
Prospective
Change in depression Change in anxiety Pain interference Quality of life 2017 / 2019 Canada
NCT04034108 Completed Spinal Cord Injuries InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Procedure:
Surgical intervention
combined with weight-supported ambulation training
339 / 4 Years to 76
Years(Child,
Adult, Older Adult)
All Single Group Assignment /Treatment Change of Kunming Locomotor Scale (KLS) Change of American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2000 / 2019 China
NCT02495545 Completed Spinal Cord Injury InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Procedure:
CSFD and elevation of
MAPProcedure:
Maintenance of MAP
15 / 18 Years to 75
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /Treatment
Change in ISNCSCI Motor Score ISNCSCI Sensory ScoresISNCSCI Upper & Lower Extremity Motor Score Spinal Cord Independence Measure Pain level per patient report 2015 / 2019 United States
NCT04624607 Completed - Spinal Cord Injuries- Paraplegia, Spinal- Tetraplegia/ Tetraparesis InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
Transspinal transcortical paired-associative stimiulation
combined with robotic gait training
14 / 18 Years to 70
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Crossover Assignment / Treatment Plasticity of cortical and
corticospinal neural circuits Plasticity of spinal neural circuits Sensorimotor leg motor function Walking function
2018 / 2020 United States
NCT04566809 Completed Spinal Cord Injury at C5-C7 Level InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Other:
FES+CBA
16 / 18 Years to 75
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Crossover Assignment /Health
Services Research
Performance test: Bimanual Ability Test Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) Grasping Strength (GS) 2016 / 2020 Italy
NCT03690726 Completed - Spinal Cord Injury- Rehabilitation- Transcranial
Magnetic
Stimulation-Neurorehabilitation
InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulationOther:
Sham stimulation
19 / 18 Years to 80
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /Treatment
Walking test Lower limb maximal muscle strength
Timed up and go test
Quantitative Sensory Testing Pressure algometry Self-reported pain
2019 / 2020 Denmark
Table 1. Continued
NCT03179475 Completed Chronic Pain InterventionalClinical Trial IV Drug:
Oxycodone Naloxone
Combination
1 / 18 Years to 65
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
Single Group Assignment /Treatment Change in management of pain related to SCI Change from Baseline of autonomic function Change from Baseline of quality of life.Change from Baseline in depressive symptoms Change from baseline of opioid side effects 2019 / 2021 Canada
NCT04670406 Completed - Spinal Cord Injuries- Psychological
Distress
InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Behavioral:
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) combined with
psychoeducation
10 / 18 Years and older(Adult, Older Adult) All Single Group Assignment /Treatment Engagement in Meaningful
Activities Survey Action and Acceptance Questionnaire(SCI-QOL) Resilience Short form Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
2021 / 2021 United States
NCT04790149 Completed Spinal Cord Injuries InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Other:
Conventional RehabilitationOther:
NEUROM
56 / 25 Years to 40
Years (Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /Treatment
ASIA Vividness of motor imagery questionnaire (VMIQ) Assessment of movement attempt and execution 2017 / 2021 Lebanon
NCT02830074 Completed - Spinal Cord Injury- Sleep-disordered
Breathing- Spinal Cord
Disease- Multiple Sclerosis
InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Behavioral:
Best practices PAP + patient Education +ongoing Support and TrainingBehavioral:
Sleep Education
73 / 18 Years and older(Adult, Older Adult) All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment /Treatment
Subjective Sleep Quality
Was Measured by The (PSQI) Quality of Life Respiratory Function Depressive Symptom Severity Fatigue Symptoms
2017 / 2021 United States
NCT04697472 Completed Chronic Spinal
Cord Injury
InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
LIFT System
65 / 22 Years to 75
Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Sequential Assignment /Treatment Incidence of serious
adverse events (SAEs) Change in upper extremity strength and function Superiority of combined FTP and ARC Therapy with LIFT vs. FTP alone
2021 / 2022 United States
Canada
NCT04171375 Completed - Spinal Cord Injuries- Stroke- Paralysis InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
Transspinal Electrical
Stimulation (tsES)
2 / 19 Years
to 55 Years (Adult)
All Single Group Assignment /Treatment ASIA Impairment ScaleNeuromuscular Recovery Scale
Spinal Cord Independence Measure Walking test
2019 / 2022 Hong Kong
NCT03240601 Completed -Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation- Walking- Spasticity- Spinal Cord Injuries InterventionalClinical Trial N/A Device:
Transcutaneous
spinal stimulation
18 / 18 Years to Years(Adult,
Older Adult)
All Randomized,Parallel
Assignment / Treatment
Change in Walking FunctionChange in Spasticity -MuscleChange in Spasticity -
Spinal Cord Assessment Stimulation Tolerability
2017 / 2022 United States

N/A: Not Applicable; Interventional (Clinical Trial); SCI: spinal cord injury; International Standards for Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Motor Score (ISNCSCI, formerly ASIA) Spinal Cord Injury-Quality of Life (SCI-QOL); ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association Scale; PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index