tDCS for the Management of Chronic Visceral Pain in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Chronic Pancreatitis, Pain
In brief
This study is testing whether the addition of a noninvasive form of brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) when combined with meditation helps decrease the abdominal pain in patients with chronic pancreatitis. The device involved in this study, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is investigational. This means that the study device is still being tested in research studies and is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration \[FDA\].
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01857492
- Run by
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2013-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Provide informed consent to participate in the study
- 18 years old
- If taking pain medications, stable doses are required for at least 1 month prior to initiation of the study
You may not qualify if…
- History of alcohol or substance abuse within the last 6 months as self-reported
- Suffering from severe depression (with a score of >30 in the Beck Depression Inventory)
- Diagnosis of any neurological diseases (such as epilepsy)
- Episodes of seizures within the last 6 months
- Unexplained loss of consciousness
- Use of carbamazepine or neuropsychotropic drugs
- Have had no neurosurgery as self reported
- Contraindications to tDCS
- Metal in the head
- Implanted brain medical devices
- Pregnant at time of enrollment
- Previous experience with meditation
Where it is running
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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