Brain pain testing in long-term joint pain and fibromyalgia
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system, Immune system & allergy, Skin clinical trials.
This study looks at how the brain processes pain in people with long-term pain conditions like fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. You may be asked to undergo pain-related tasks to help researchers understand differences between inflammatory and non-inflammatory chronic pain.
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Who can take part
- Be between 18 and 70 years old
- Meet established diagnosis criteria for fibromyalgia (FM)
- Meet established diagnosis criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- If you are a healthy volunteer, you must not have significant pain, fatigue, depression, or anxiety
- Do not have diabetes, cancer, or serious heart, liver, or kidney disease
- Do not have neuropathic pain (nerve-type pain)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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