Screening Protocol
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Conditions studied: Pain
In brief
This study is a screening evaluation for volunteers who are interested in participating in National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) research studies about pain and related processes, such as emotion, mood, and decision-making. Screening may include review of medical history, physical exam, vital signs, questionnaires, blood and urine tests, and optional sensory testing to better understand pain and related symptoms. The purpose is to identify and characterize healthy volunteers and people with pain who may be eligible for future NCCIH research studies. This screening study does not test a treatment and has no formal hypothesis....
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07712874
- Run by
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- People needed
- 10000
- Starts
- 2026-08-13
- Expected to finish
- 2050-07-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-10
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- Have active medical or psychiatric health issues that create additional and substantial adverse risks related to study procedures. Medical examples are the acute complications of medical disease, such as asymptomatic hypertensive urgency, diabetic ketoacidosis, symptomatic hyperthyroidism, and unstable angina. Psychiatric examples are the acute complications of psychiatric disease, such as acute mania, paranoid delusions, or having active panic attacks.
- Ongoing substance uses disorder or illicit substance use
- Pregnancy
- Additional exclusion from optional QST procedures:
- Has a major medical condition or medical history that in a clinician's assessment could affect heat sensitivity, pain thresholds, or ability to comply with study procedures. This may include cardiovascular, autonomic, or neurological conditions (including stroke and blindness or deafness, a history of brain damage, or psychosis).
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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