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Table 2 Study visits and associated assessments

From: Tonic and burst spinal cord stimulation waveforms for the treatment of chronic, intractable pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Visit

Assessments

Enrollment and screening

• Pain history and demographics

• BDI-II

• Pain Location Form

• Medications

• Provide subject with the 7-day Pain Diary for the baseline evaluation

Baseline evaluation

• 7-day Pain Diary returned

• SF-MPQ-2

• ODI2.1a

• SF-36v2TM

• PCS

• Medications

Trial system implantation

• 7-day Pain Diary returned

• Medications

End of trial visit (4–8 days after trial system implantation)

• Medications

• End-of-trial physician assessment

System implantation

• Medications

• Physician’s record surgical summary for the procedure, including any complications

Randomization/activation

• Medications

• Participant programming record

Control phase follow-up visits (Occurring at 6, 12, 18, and 24 weeks after randomization)

• 7-day Pain Diary returned

• SF-MPQ-2

• ODI2.1a

• SF-36v2TM

• PCS

• Medications

• Paresthesia mapping

• Self-evaluation

End of control phase (Assessments occurring at the 24-week visit, in addition to those described above)

• PGIC

• Patient preference

Open-label phase follow-up visits (Occurring every 6 months for up to 2 years)

• 7-day Pain Diary returned

• SF-MPQ-2

• ODI2.1a

• SF-36v2TM

• PCS

• Medications

• Paresthesia mapping

• Self-evaluation

  1. BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory BDI-II, OD12.1a Oswestry Disability Index 2.1a, PCS Pain Catastrophizing Scale, PGIC Patient Global Impression of Change, SF-36v2TM Short-form 36 Health Survey, SF-MPQ-2 Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire version 2