SCS as an Option for Chronic Low Back and/or Leg Pain Instead of Surgery

Last updated: February 21, 2025
Sponsor: Boston Scientific Corporation
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Pain

Chronic Pain

Treatment

WaveWriter

Conventional Medical Managament

Clinical Study ID

NCT04676022
A4077
  • Ages > 22
  • All Genders

Study Summary

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) with multiple modalities compared to Conventional Medical Management (CMM) in patients with chronic low back and/or leg pain who have not undergone spinal surgery when using the Boston Scientific WaveWriter SCS Systems.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic low back pain, with or without leg pain, for at least 6 months

  • Received at least 90 days of documented pain management care to address the primarypain complaint, prior to Screening (e.g. medication, physical therapy)

  • If female of childbearing potential: not pregnant, as evidenced by a negativepregnancy test at Screening

  • Subject signed a valid, IRB-approved informed consent form (ICF) provided in English

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Primary pain complaint of vascular origin (e.g. peripheral vascular disease)

  • Require implantation of lead(s) in the cervical epidural space

  • Significant cognitive impairment at Screening that, in the opinion of theInvestigator, would reasonably be expected to impair the study candidate's abilityto assess pain intensity

  • Previous failed spinal cord stimulation trial or is already implanted with an activeimplantable device(s) (e.g. pacemaker, drug pump, implantable pulse generator)

Study Design

Total Participants: 241
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: WaveWriter
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 26, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
February 21, 2025

Connect with a study center

  • Vitamed Research

    Palm Desert, California 92260
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Summit Pain Alliance

    Santa Rosa, California 95401
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Denver Back Pain Specialists

    Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • South Lake Pain Institute, Inc

    Clermont, Florida 34711
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Chicago Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois 60637
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

    Carmel, Indiana 46032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Crimson Pain Management

    Overland Park, Kansas 66210
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • MedPharmics, LLC

    Metairie, Louisiana 70006
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Ochsner Clinic Foundation

    New Orleans, Louisiana 70115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Willis-Knighton River Cities Clinical Research Center

    Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Forest Health Medical Center

    Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Saint Louis Pain Consultants

    Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Weill Cornell Medical University

    New York, New York 10022
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Carolinas Research Institute, PLLC

    Huntersville, North Carolina 28078
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Novant Health-Hawthorne

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Center for Clinical Research

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • The Toledo Clinic

    Toledo, Ohio 43623
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Pacific Sports and Spine, LLC

    Eugene, Oregon 97401
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Delaware Valley Pain and Spine Institute

    Trevose, Pennsylvania 19053
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • PCPMG Clinical Research Unit, LLC

    Greenville, South Carolina 29601
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Institute of Precision Pain Medicine

    Corpus Christi, Texas 78414
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Precision Spine Care

    Tyler, Texas 75701
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Utah Orthopaedic Center

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
    United States

    Site Not Available

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