Active tDCS with guided imagery for Chronic Pain

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Waitlist Available

Led By Kenneth M Peters, MD

Research Sponsored by William Beaumont Hospitals

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline and 48 hours

Summary

This trial is testing whether a non-invasive brain stimulation therapy called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), when combined with a relaxation technique called guided imagery, can help reduce chronic pelvic pain.

Eligible Conditions

Chronic Pain
Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Pelvic Pain

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline and 48 hours

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline and 48 hours

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline and 48 hours for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

To access the acute changes in EEG alpha brain waves in women with CPP after 1 session of each of the following treatments: (1) active tDCS + GI, (2) sham tDCS + GI, (3) sham tDCS alone (no GI) and (4)active tDCS alone (no GI).

Secondary study objectives

To access acute changes in pain in women with CPP after 1 session of each of the following treatments: (1) active tDCS + GI, (2) sham tDCS + GI, (3) sham tDCS alone (no GI) and (4)active tDCS alone (no GI).

Trial Design

4Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: Active tDCS with guided imageryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Subjects will receive 2 milliamps of electrical stimulation to the brain (transcranial direct stimulation-tDCS) for 20 minutes concurrently while listening to a guided imagery CD specifically designed for women with chronic pelvic pain.

Group II: Active tDCS alone (no guided imagery)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Subjects will receive 2 milliamps of electrical stimulation to the brain (transcranial direct stimulation-tDCS) for 20 minutes while remaining seated, no guided imagery will be provided.

Group III: Sham tDCS with guided imageryPlacebo Group1 Intervention

Subjects will receive 2 milliamps of electrical stimulation to the brain (transcranial direct stimulation-tDCS) for only 30 seconds and then the device will turn off. The device will remain in place, however, for 25 minutes the subject listens to a guided imagery CD specifically designed for women with chronic pelvic pain.

Group IV: Sham tDCS alone (no guided imagery)Placebo Group1 Intervention

Subjects will receive 2 milliamps of electrical stimulation to the brain (transcranial direct stimulation-tDCS) for only 30 seconds and then the device will turn off. The device will remain in place, however, for 25 minutes the subject will remain seated, no guided imagery will be provided.

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