Mechanistic Studies on Video-guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment of Pain

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

The aim of this proposal is to investigate brain response and connectivity changes evoked by video-guided acupuncture imagery treatment (VGAIT) and verum and sham acupuncture in healthy and patient populations to elucidate the underlying brain mechanisms of mind-body interaction, imagery, and acupuncture.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03046030

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

27

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-28

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Right handed healthy male and female adults aged 18-60
• No contraindications to fMRI scanning

You may not qualify if…

• Current or past history of major medical, neurological, or psychiatric illness
• Any pain disorder
• Pregnancy
• Non-fluent speaker of English

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

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