Personalized Treatment by rTMS in Chronic Pain - Study2
ConditionChronic Pain
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorAalborg University
About this trial
Previous research has shown the effectiveness of magnetic stimulation of the brain as a supplemental treatment for various conditions, such as depression and chronic pain. However, the application of magnetic stimulation has been standardized across patients without considering individual differences. This one-size-fits-all approach results in only half of the patients benefiting from the treatment, with the other half seeing no improvement in their symptoms. Therefore, a study on individuals with chronic pain will be performed to explore how magnetic stimulation treatments can be tailored to each person. This will involve analysing brain signal measurements before the start of the therapy and adjusting/personalizing the magnetic stimulations to each individual person.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Presence of chronic pain (present most of the days for more than 3 months).
Pain with a mean pain intensity between 3-9 on a 0-10 pain scale (where 0 means no pain and 10 means the worst pain imaginable).
Speak and understand English or Danish
Disqualifiers
Pregnant or breastfeeding
Current uncontrolled major depression as the main diagnosis
Current history of substance abuse
Lack of ability to cooperate, to fully understand the protocol or any difficulty in filling out questionnaires (e.g., due to language or cognitive problems)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- rTMS to M1
Treatment groups
90 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov