tDCS for the Management of Chronic Visceral Pain in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
WithdrawnNot applicableNCT01857492
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
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 \[FDA\].
Study details
- Official title
- tDCS for the Management of Chronic Visceral Pain in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: tDCS
- Behavioral: Meditation
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Collaborators
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Start date
- 2013-03
- Primary completion
- 2014-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provide informed consent to participate in the study 2. 18 years old 3. If taking pain medications, stable doses are required for at least 1 month prior to initiation of the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of alcohol or substance abuse within the last 6 months as self-reported 2. Suffering from severe depression (with a score of \>30 in the Beck Depression Inventory) 3. Diagnosis of any neurological diseases (such as epilepsy) 4. Episodes of seizures within the last 6 months 5. Unexplained loss of consciousness 6. Use of carbamazepine or neuropsychotropic drugs 7. Have had no neurosurgery as self reported 8. Contraindications to tDCS 1. Metal in the head 2. Implanted brain medical devices 9. Pregnant at time of enrollment 10. Previous experience with meditation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01857492