Beneficial Effects of Self-hypnosis/Self-care for Chronic Pain Patients : a MRI and EEG Study
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04263324
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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)
Chronic pain concerns one in four adults in Belgium. Fibromyalgia is an example of chronic pain and is characterized by diffused and migrant musculo-tendinous pain localized in the limbs and at an axial level. The technological improvement in neuroimaging allowed to improve, at a cerebral level, the identification of the structural and the functional characteristics of this clinical entity. Studies indicated a modification in cerebral morphometry showing an alteration of white and grey matter in the anterior cingulate cortex, orbitofrontal lateral cortex, cerebellum, basal ganglia, insula, secondary somatosensory cortex, thalamus, amygdala, putamen, superior temporal gyrus and periaqueductal grey matter. At a functional level, studies show un alteration in the connectivity of the default mode network, an atrophy of zones implicated in nociception and an increased activation of zone implicated in response to a nociceptive stimulus. Nowadays, researchers are interested in finding out the beneficial effects of non-pharmacological techniques to improve de well-being of patients with chronic pain. Hypnosis is one of these techniques that has already proven to be successful in decreasing pain and improving global quality of life. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no study has been conducted to understand the impact of hypnosis upon the cerebral functioning of these patients. Therefore, the aim of this study is to understand the impact of a 6 months self-hypnosis/self-care learning program upon the structural and functional functioning of the brain by means of functional magnetic resonance imagery (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).
Study details
- Official title
- Beneficial Effects of Self-hypnosis/Self-care Learning Program for Chronic Pain Patients : a MRI and EEG Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Self-hypnosis/self-care
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
- Collaborators
- Fondation Benoit
- Start date
- 2019-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-01-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Major * Fluency in French * Fibromyalgia diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Neurologic disorder * Psychiatric disorder * Drug addiction * Alcoholism
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04263324