How do Sleeping Pills Affect Pain in the Brain?

Stopped early · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Primary Insomnia

In brief

If you are age 20-55 years old and have trouble falling or staying asleep, then please contact a UCSD research team to find out how a study drug affects these symptoms and how your brain works. This is a one-week experimental pain research study using a study drug compared to placebo. Your participation will include questionnaires, a physical exam and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) brain imaging techniques. We will test pain perception by applying brief mild to moderate heat pain to the forearm, and also have you perform simple computer tasks while we image and record brain activity using fMRI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00414037

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

40

Starts

2006-12-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-26

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 20-55
• Primary Insomnia

You may not qualify if…

• Certain medical conditions/medications
• MRI related

Where it is running

• UCSD Department of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Biological Dynamics and Theoretical Medicine — La Jolla, California, United States

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