Investigation of TEST (Transcranial Electric Stimulation Therapy) for Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05113563
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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 goal in this study is to investigate TEST (Transcranial Electric Stimulation Therapy) for chronic pain. It requires an inpatient stay on our research unit of about a month. The study is designed to address the cognitive and emotional aspects of chronic pain and other conditions that often accompany this disorder, such as major depression or drug use.
Study details
- Official title
- Investigation of TEST (Transcranial Electric Stimulation Therapy) for Chronic Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Transcranial Electric Stimulation Therapy
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Start date
- 2023-01-02
- Primary completion
- 2024-01-16
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 22 Years to 60 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: 1. adults (ages 22 to 60) who understand all procedures and have the ability to provide informed consent, with a score on the Mini-Mental Status Exam of at least 24; 2. participants experiencing chronic pain, with ongoing pain symptoms, and score on the Brief Pain Inventory of \> 5 on question #3 (which asks about maximal pain in the past 24 hours) or \> 5 on question #5 (which asks about average pain in the past 24 hours); 3. a diagnosis of chronic postoperative pain, low back pain, musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, visceral pain or neuropathic pain, including complex regional pain syndrome or peripheral neuropathy; 4. no significant changes in pain medications for at least one month prior to study entry.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05113563