The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation for refractory angina (RASCAL study): study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Trials

Rod S Taylor²  Ed Davies¹  Rashidat Adeniba⁴  Susan Merotra³  Morag Brookes⁶  Matthew Banks³  Rajesh Aggarwal⁴  Mark de Belder⁶  Andrea Manca⁵  Simon Thomson⁴  John Raphael³  Sam Eldabe⁶ 

[1] Cardiothoracic Department, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Derriford Road, Plymouth, UK;University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Veysey Building, Salmon Pool Lane, Exeter, EX2 4SG, UK;Department of Pain Medicine, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Russells Hall Hospital, Pensnett Road, Dudley, West Midlands, UK;Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals, Nethermayne, Basildon, UK;Centre for Health Economics, University of York, Heslington, York, UK;Department of Pain and Anesthesia, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, UK

关键词: Spinal cord stimulation;    Refractory angina;    Pilot study;    Randomized controlled trial;   

Others  :  1094670
DOI  :  10.1186/1745-6215-14-57

 received in 2012-12-31, accepted in 2013-02-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

The RASCAL (

R

efractory

A

ngina

S

pinal

C

ord stimulation and usu

AL

care) pilot study seeks to assess the feasibility of a definitive trial to assess if addition of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to usual care is clinically superior and more cost-effective than usual care alone in patients with refractory angina.

Methods/design

This is an external pilot, patient-randomized controlled trial.

The study will take place at three centers in the United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (The James Cook University Hospital), Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The subjects will be 45 adults with refractory angina, that is, limiting angina despite optimal anti-angina therapy, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Functional Classification Class III and IV, angiographically documented coronary artery disease not suitable for revascularization, satisfactory multidisciplinary assessment and demonstrable ischemia on functional testing.

The study will be stratified by center, age and Canadian Cardiovascular Society Functional Classification.

Interventions will involve spinal cord stimulation plus usual care (‘SCS group’) or usual care alone (‘UC group’). Usual care received by both groups will include consideration of an education session with a pain consultant, trial of a transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation, serial thoracic sympathectomy and oral/systemic analgesics.

Expected outcomes will be recruitment and retention rates; reasons for agreeing/declining participation; variability in primary and secondary outcomes (to inform power calculations for a definitive trial); and completion rates of outcome measures. Trial patient-related outcomes include disease-specific and generic health-related quality of life, angina exercise capacity, intake of angina medications, frequency of angina attacks, complications and adverse events, and satisfaction.

Discussion

The RASCAL pilot trial seeks to determine the feasibility and design of a definitive randomized controlled trial comparing the addition of spinal cord stimulation to usual care versus usual care alone for patients with refractory angina.

Fifteen patients have been recruited since recruitment opened in October 2011. The trial was originally scheduled to end in April 2013 but due to slow recruitment may have to be extended to late 2013.

Trial registration

ISRCTN65254102

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Eldabe et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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