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Acupuncture and Pain Processing
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01270607
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that acupuncture will reduce Fibromyalgia
pain, via alterations in the processing of pain in the central nervous system.
Official Title
Acupuncture and Pain Processing
Stanford Investigator(s)
Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.
Redlich Professor, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine and, by courtesy, of Neurology
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age 18-50
2. Fibromyalgia patient OR healthy control
3. No current opioid use
4. Patients: must have had Fibromyalgia for 6 months or longer
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Inflammatory disorder (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis)
2. Current untreated depression
3. Active infection
4. Healthy controls: pain disorder or major medical condition that in the discretion of
the investigator interfere with the validity of the study
5. Heart disease or use of a cardiac pacemaker
Intervention(s):
procedure: Acupuncture
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Noorulain Noor
6507240525