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Behavioural Intervention
Healthy Volunteers for Pain
N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial Must have
Right handed healthy male and female adults aged 18-60
No contraindications to fMRI scanning
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 4 days; sessions 2-5
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Study Summary
This trial will study how different types of acupuncture affect the brain, in both healthy and sick patients, in order to better understand how acupuncture works.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria belowTimeline
Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~ 4 days; sessions 2-5
Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~4 days; sessions 2-5
Treatment Details
Study Objectives
Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.Primary outcome measures
fMRI signal increases
Trial Design
1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Healthy VolunteersExperimental Treatment4 Interventions
In this experiment, we will apply a crossover design in healthy subjects. Each subject will receive four treatments in four separate sessions: 1) VGAIT, 2) VGAIT control condition, 3) real acupuncture, and 4) sham acupuncture. Each session will be separated by at least 7 days. Subjects will participate in five experimental sessions: a training and familiarity behavioral session and four fMRI sessions during which the subject will receive one of the four treatments.
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Who is running the clinical trial?
Massachusetts General HospitalLead Sponsor
2,923 Previous Clinical Trials
13,193,363 Total Patients Enrolled
20 Trials studying Pain
1,845 Patients Enrolled for Pain
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