SECTION 15: HALO STUDY Flashcards
What other study does the HALO study refer to and build off of?
PROCO
What does the HALO study aim to explore?
To explore whether effective subperception pain relief can be achieved using frequencies below 1 kHz
Who lead the HALO study?
Dr. Thomson and Dr. Paz-solis
What type of study is the HALO study?
Multicenter, real-world, consecutive, observational case series
Sub-perception therapy feels like:
Nothing
Paresthesia feels like
Tingling
Paresthesia is slow or fast acting?
Faster
Subperception is slow or fast acting?
Slow
True or false: Traditionally only paresthesia SCS was able to effectively be delivered at low, battery saving frequencies, and HALO studied whether or not subperception could do the same thing
True
Which BSC products were included in patient selection? Which leads and ipg did the patients have to have in order to be part of the study?
Infinion CX (two 1x16 contact leads) and precision spectra/ spectra wavewriter IPG
True or false: all programs given to the patient used the same field identified in the sweet spot search at 1 kHz
True
Which novel electric field configuration was used to perform the sweet spot search?
Contour
True or false: contour preferentially modulates the synaptic terminals of the superficial dorsal horn while minimizing dorsal column activation.
True
What are two things Contour subperception does differently than paresthesia SCS?
Accelerates the sweet spot search by expanding the field
Engages dorsal horn elements more strongly and uniformly
At what Hz did contour most effectively lower the NRS pain score? (Although not statistically significant)
200 hz
