Individual Differences in Placebo Analgesic Effects

Starting soon · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

This study examines the effects of placebo suggestions tailored to match or mismatch individual participants' motivational styles-an issue of person-situation 'fit' with important effects in public health settings, but which has been ignored in past research.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04669093

Run by

Trustees of Dartmouth College

People needed

60

Starts

2026-09-30

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy participants
• Dominant promotion focus or dominant prevention focus (based on our screening)

You may not qualify if…

• Currently or recently suffered from chronic pain (based on screening)
• Cannot tolerate heat pain applied to the forearm, based on a calibration task at the beginning of the experiment

Where it is running

• Dartmouth College — Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

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