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The Neurobiology of Expectancy and Pain Perception

NCT01575106 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2017-10-13

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Summary

This study will use using fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to elucidate how contextual learning/expectation relieves or aggravates pain experience in the same cohort of subjects and the same study session.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Heat pain applied using TSA or CHEPS

TSA-2001 Thermal Sensory Analyzer (Medoc LTD Advanced Medical Systems) or the Pathway Medoc (CHEPS model, Contact Heat-Evoked Potential Stimulator, Medoc LTD Advanced Medical Systems)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jian Kong, MD,eq/MS/MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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