Spinal Cord Injury Studies
Nerve Transfers to Improve Upper Extremity Function and Quality of Life in Tetraplegic Patients
Sponsor: Department of Defense
ENROLLMENT HAS ENDED FOR THIS STUDY. Interested potential patients may have a nerve transfer without participating in research. Please contact Dr. Ray’s clinical team at 314-362-3577
- A prospective multi-institutional clinical trial enrolling 70 subjects with cervical ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) A or B spinal cord injury (SCI) and hand function impairment.
- The rationale for this research is establishing data for treating SCI patients with nerve transfers. It will provide guidance for clinical management and will prove useful in generating treatment algorithms incorporating nerve and tendon transfer strategies. We also expect these findings will serve as a useful tool in counseling families and in patient selection for surgery.
- Subjects will undergo a nerve transfer in the arm taking a donor nerve from above the neurologic injury and transfer it to a nerve below the injury. Patients will undergo hand/arm therapy and will be followed for 4 years post-surgery.
ClinicalTrials.gov – NCT04023591