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Developing Biomarkers for Fibromyalgia

NCT00932061 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2020-07-30

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Summary

The hypothesis of this study is that biological markers are present in the body that are good indicators of chronic pain. Eligible participants will be assessed at baseline and after receiving a series of acupuncture or "sham" acupuncture (something that resembles, but is not, active acupuncture) sessions. If the subject qualifies for the investigators' research and are subsequently enrolled in this study, they will be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to one of these two groups. Acupuncture, as previously shown by this group, leads to improvements in both clinical and evoked pain associated with fibromyalgia. The study involves two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans, one at the beginning and one at the end of the study. Another optional portion of the study would involve 2 PET (positron emission tomography) scans of the subject's brain, one at the beginning and one at the end of the study; this type of scan allows us to get more specific information about the subject's brain function during an acupuncture session.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia

Interventions

OTHER

Traditional Acupuncture

Fibromyalgia subjects will be randomized to receive 9 acupuncture treatments over the course of four weeks. Subjects enrolled in the study may have 1) only fMRI or 2) fMRI scans and PET scans, depending on their eligibility criteria.

OTHER

Sham Treatment

Fibromyalgia subjects will be randomized to receive 9 sham treatments over the course of four weeks. Subjects enrolled in the study may have 1) only fMRI or 2) fMRI scans and PET scans, depending on their eligibility criteria.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Dana Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • United States Department of Defense

    collaborator FED

  • University of Michigan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Harris, Ph.D. · Univeristy of Michigan, Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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