The Power of Touch. Non-Invasive C-Tactile Stimulation for Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06060028
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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)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease with a prevalence of up to 30% among adults over 45 years old. Moreover, elderly people over 60 years are more prone to develop a chronification of pain symptomatology. Chronic pain in OA enormously restricts patients' ability to perform their daily activities, eliciting psychological distress and mood alterations, and producing massive socioeconomic consequences. For these reasons, any non-invasive drug-free treatment that decreases chronic pain in OA requires serious evaluation. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of noninvasive interoceptive stimulation (affective touch) in treating chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA). This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of noninvasive interoceptive stimulation (affective touch) in treating chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA).
Study details
- Official title
- The Power of Touch. Randomized,Double-blind, Sham-controlled Crossover Trial of Interoceptive Non-invasive Tactile Stimulation for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis Chronic Associated Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Interoceptive stimulation treatment with mechanical stimulation of C-LTMRs afferences
- Device: Sham treatment
- Sponsor
- Istituto Auxologico Italiano
- Start date
- 2023-07-06
- Primary completion
- 2025-04-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 45 Years to 90 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Italy
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * osteoarthritis patients * Age 45-90 * Diagnosis of OA ACR criteria * Moderate-to-severe OA chronic pain. Exclusion Criteria: * other joint diseases * trauma, or pain condition * fibromyalgia * BMI\>39 kg/m2.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06060028