Title: Treatment of Neck and Upper Limb Pain using BurstDR Spinal Cord Stimulation -Preliminary Results
Authors: Adnan Al-Kaisy, Sarah Love-Jones, Nik Patel, Girish Vajramani, Stefano Palmisani, Samuel Wesley, Adil Raza, Filippo Agnesi

Introduction:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and therapeutic efficacy of BurstDR stimulation for the treatment of chronic intractable neck pain with or without radiation down to arm/shoulder/upper back.
Methods:
This ongoing prospective, open label, multicenter feasibility study aimed to evaluate BurstDRTM in subjects suffering from chronic neck pain (with or without upper extremity pain). Subjects were evaluated at baseline, after SCS trial, and 3, 6 and 12 months post-permanent implantation. The primary endpoint evaluated the change in pain intensity using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Changes in quality of life (EQ-5D), neck disability (ONDI), headache (HIT-6), satisfaction (PGIC), and anxiety and depression (HADS) were assessed. During implantation, 2 leads were placed across the C2-C3 vertebral body 
Results:
Currently, 8 subjects have been enrolled with 6 subjects completing the trial. Neck pain VAS improved from 75.8 (+16.1) mm at baseline to 17.8 (+11.1) mm at the end of trial. Upper limb pain VAS improved from 48.6 (+24.2) mm at baseline to 11.5 (+ 15.2) mm at the end of trial. Disability and quality of life also yielded significant improvement from baseline. 
Conclusion:
The results of this prospective open label trial will provide us insight on the effectiveness of BurstDR stimulation in patients suffering from chronic neck pain with or without upper extremity pain. Results of this study may suggest the use of BurstDR for cervical SCS can offer clinically significant paresthesia-free pain relief.

TREATMENT OF NECK AND UPPER LIMB PAIN USING BURSTDR SPINAL CORD STIMULATION -PRELIMINARY RESULTS