PROSTIM
PROSTIM study is an ongoing prospective, multicentric, and observational clinical study (NCT05349695) that aims to identify different patient clusters and their outcomes after spinal cord stimulation. Patients are recruited in different centers in Europe. The analysis focuses on identifying significant patient clusters based on different health domains and the changes in biopsychosocial variables 6 weeks, 3, and 12 months after implantation. This study is the first to include a biopsychosocial cluster analysis to identify significant patient groups and their response to spinal cord stimulation treatment 1)
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Raymaekers V, Meeuws S, Goudman L, der Steen GV, Moens M, Vanloon M, Ridder D, Menovsky T, Vesper J, Plazier M. Patient profiling and outcome assessment in spinal cord stimulation for chronic back and/or leg pain (the PROSTIM study): a study protocol. Pain Manag. 2023 Dec 6. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2023-0103. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38054386.