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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treating Women With Chronic Widespread Pain

NCT00524420 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2013-05-23

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Summary

While acute pain after surgery or trauma comes on suddenly and lasts for a limited amount of time, chronic pain persists and can continue for months and even years. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) uses a magnetic field to deliver a current to the brain and can affect brain activity. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of rTMS treatment in reducing chronic widespread pain in women.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

rTMS

10 Hz, 4-second trains, 26-second intertrain interval, 75 trains/session, 15 sessions at 120% motor threshold rTMS to left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

DEVICE

Sham rTMS

10 Hz, 4-second trains, 26-second intertrain interval, 75 trains/session, 15 sessions of sham rTMS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Washington

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David H. Avery, MD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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