The influence of positive and negative expectations on pain: the role of active placebos
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- pain
- Registration Number
- DRKS00026648
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 104
Inclusion Criteria
1. Healthy participants of full age, able to provide informed consent and capable to reliably rate pain
2. Body mass index: 18 - 30
Exclusion Criteria
1. acute of chronic somatic or psychiatric illness
2. MR-specific exclusion criteria
3. Participating in drug studies
4. regular drug use
5. intake of painkillers within 24 hours of study procedures
6. Use of illegal substances
7. pregnancy of breast feeding
8. acute skin disease or lesion on stimulation sites
9. acute nose disease or lesion
10. analgesic medication or capsaicin allergies
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The aim of the study is to investigate whether active placebos (placebo with side effects) lead to larger placebo effects than passive placebos (placebo without side effects)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary Aim is to investigate the neual underpinnings of active placebo effects