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Clinical Trials/NCT01766973
NCT01766973
Completed
Not Applicable

Observational Study to Determine Abnormalities in Resting State fMRI in Chronic Back Pain.

University of Cambridge1 site in 1 country76 target enrollmentApril 6, 2013

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Back Pain
Sponsor
University of Cambridge
Enrollment
76
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Functional brain connectivity
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Recent evidence suggests that chronic pain is associated with abnormal connectivity between brain regions associated with the processing of pain. We aim to test the diagnostic power of resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose patients with chronic back pain. Using new methods of image acquisition and analysis we aim to develop a computational method to correctly classify patients and matched control subjects.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 6, 2013
End Date
June 6, 2018
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Dr Ben Seymour

Wellcome Intermediate Clinical Fellow

University of Cambridge

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • age 18-60
  • pain \> 6months
  • right-handed
  • non-smoking
  • mechanical back pain

Exclusion Criteria

  • significant neurological or psychiatric disease
  • major systemic illness
  • MRI exclusion criteria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Functional brain connectivity

Time Frame: 6 months

Assessed by fMRI

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