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Clinical and Scientific Assessment of Pain and Painful Disorders
Led by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · Updated on 2026-05-07
10000
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
550 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Background: Researchers want to better understand pain by studying people with and without different kinds of pain. To do this, researchers will expose people to pleasant and unpleasant sensations. They will ask them questions about their pain. Researchers also want to see if these people are eligible for other research studies at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Objectives: To study the experience of pain. Also to find people eligible to join other NIH studies. Eligibility: People 12 years and older with and without pain disorders. Design: Participants will be screened by phone. Participants will have one required visit lasting about 2 hours. This may include: * Medical history * Physical exam * Questionnaires about themselves and their pain experience * Blood and urine tests * MRI: They will lie on a table that slides into a cylinder. They will feel different sensations while completing tasks on a computer. This lasts 15 minutes to 2 hours. * Quantitative sensory testing: They will be exposed to different pictures, sounds, tastes, and smells. They will also be exposed to pleasant and unpleasant sensations. These could include: * Burning, itching, or cold sensations * Pinpricks * Pressure and pinches * Electrocardiogram: Stickers on the chest record heart activity. * Straps placed around the chest to measure breathing. * Small sensors on the fingers or palms to measure pulse and sweating. Participants may have up to 12 other outpatient study visits. Participants may be recorded at the visits.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Clinical and Scientific Assessment of Pain and Painful Disorders
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Are 12 years of age or older
You will not qualify if you...
- Have communication difficulties that prevent reliable pain assessment
- Have acute medical or psychiatric conditions posing significant risks for study procedures, such as acute mania, paranoid delusions, panic attacks, hypertensive urgency, diabetic ketoacidosis, symptomatic hyperthyroidism, or unstable angina
- Are currently participating in other research protocols that would interfere with this study
- Are employees or staff members at NCCIH
- Are pregnant
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Keyonna L Berry
CONTACT
M
Miroslav Backonja, M.D.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
1
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