Understanding pain and its disorders through participant experiences

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This observational study aims to explore the experience of pain by assessing individuals with and without pain disorders. Participants aged 12 and older will undergo a screening process that includes medical history, physical exams, questionnaires, and MRI scans while experiencing various sensations. The study seeks to create detailed phenotypic descriptions of pain disorders and determine eligibility for other NIH research protocols focused on pain. By collecting comprehensive data, researchers hope to enhance the understanding of pain and its clinical aspects.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

* INCLUSION CRITERIA:
* Are \>= 12 years of age

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

* Have difficulties with communication that make subjective pain assessment impossible or unreliable.
* Have acute medical or psychiatric health issues that create additional and substantial adverse risks related to study procedures. Medical examples are the acute complications of medical disease, such as asymptomatic hypertensive urgency, diabetic ketoacidosis, symptomatic hyperthyroidism, and unstable angina. Psychiatric examples are the acute complications of psychiatric disease, such as acute mania, paranoid delusions, or having acute panic attacks.
* Are participating in other ongoing research protocols such that phenotypic measurements would interfere with the conduct of an ongoing protocols or the receipt of a research treatment would influence the phenotypic measurements.
* Employees or staff that work at NCCIH.
* Pregnant women

Where it's running

• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Miroslav Backonja, M.D. — National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Study coordinator: Keyonna L Berry
• Email: keyonna.berry@nih.gov
• Phone: (301) 594-1782

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.