Treating Chronic Pain in Gulf War Illness
CompletedNot applicableNCT02378025
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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)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether yoga is effective for the treatment of chronic pain in Gulf War Illness.
Study details
- Official title
- A Multimodal Evaluation of the Comparative Efficacy of Yoga Versus a Patient Centered Support Group for Treating Chronic Pain in Gulf War Illness
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Gulf War Illness
- Chronic Illness
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Yoga Group
- Behavioral: Pain Management Wellness Group
- Sponsor
- Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
- Collaborators
- United States Department of Defense
- Start date
- 2015-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 42 Years to 85 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Served in the military in 1990-1991, regardless of deployment. * History of chronic pain. * Able to attend weekly visits at the study center for 10 weeks. * If on a psychotropic medication, the regimen will be stable for at least 4 weeks, prior to entry in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Participation in another clinical trial. * Unable to visit the study center. * Unable to stand or walk.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02378025