Decision Making in Chronic Pain and Alcohol Use Disorder
TerminatedNot applicableNCT05901610
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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 objective of this within-subject study is to test the effects of Episodic Future Thinking (EFT) and Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) interventions on the pain of subjects who have chronic pain and alcohol use disorder(s).
Study details
- Official title
- Decision Making in Chronic Pain and Alcohol Use Disorder
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder
- Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Episodic Future Thinking
- Behavioral: Control Episodic Thinking
- Device: Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
- Device: Sham Low-intensity Focused Ultrasound
- Sponsor
- Kirstin M Gatchalian
- Organization
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Start date
- 2024-06-28
- Primary completion
- 2026-07-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 21 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. 21 years old or older 2. Report chronic pain 3. Have sufficiently stable self-reported mental and physical health in order to complete the survey 4. Meet DSM-V clinical criteria for alcohol use disorder (i.e., four or more criteria) 5. Not have unmanaged medical or psychiatric conditions the survey Exclusion Criteria: 1. Claustrophobia (scanning environment may be uncomfortable) 2. Contraindications to MRI: including pacemaker, aneurysm clips, neurostimulators, cochlear implants, metal in eyes, steel worker, or other implants. 3. Contraindications to CT: pregnancy 4. Active medical disorder or treatment with potential CNS effects (e.g. Alzheimer's) 5. History of neurologic disorder (e.g. Parkinson's, Epilepsy, or Essential Tremor) 6. History of head injury resulting in loss of consciousness for \>10 minutes 7. Failure to provide a Social Security Number or Tax ID number. This is required for tax purposes.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05901610