Audio-enhanced Analgesia in Healthy Subjects

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT01835275
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether enhanced audio methods can be used to improve analgesia for experimental pain in healthy subjects.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-06
• Primary Completion: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-29
• Study Completion: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-18
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-10
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-50 years old
• Healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• Current diagnoses of psychiatric or neurological disorders or chronic pain
• BDI-II score greater than 13
• current or previous ear/nose/throat or hearing issues
• prior participation in pain studies
• previous advanced music training

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Intensity and Unpleasantness	1.5 hour testing session	0-100 Visual Analog Scales to rate subjective pain intensity and unpleasentness

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital; 🇺🇸 Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States