Status:

UNKNOWN

Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Pain Relief

Lead Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Conditions:

Pain, Acute

Pain, Chronic

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), is be applied to healthy human subjects, acute pain patients, and chronic ...

Detailed Description

The research team will be using non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) to investigate their uses for pain relief i...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy adults between 18 and 80 years of age.
  • Chronic and Acute pain patients: must have an MRI (for ultrasound targeting)

Exclusion

  • Direct report to the study team member
  • History of brain surgery
  • History of seizure
  • Pregnant
  • Have alcohol consumption exceeding 50 drinks/month
  • Have history of opioid abuse (all subjects), or any recent opioid use (healthy controls)
  • Have implant like pacemaker and aneurysm clip
  • Current of psychiatric disease such as anxiety or depression, which is not optimally treated
  • Current infection
  • Current wound on the skin of upper and lower extremities
  • Chronic pain patients: current chronic pain is not optimal controlled by pain medications (i.e. Pain VAS \>5)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

149 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04283643

Start Date

April 1 2019

End Date

April 1 2021

Last Update

February 25 2020

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University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903