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Benefits of Tanning in Fibromyalgia Patients

NCT00447083 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2018-11-13

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Summary

* To establish whether ultraviolet light exposure acutely reduces perceptions of pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
* To establish whether a series of UV light exposures has a cumulative effect on fibromyalgia pain.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

UVB

UVB exposure by a tanning bed

PROCEDURE

Non-UVB

Non-UVB exposure by a tanning bed

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D. · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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