The Learning and Memory of the Experience of Pain

August 12, 2019 updated by: Jian Kong, Massachusetts General Hospital
This study investigates the learning and memory of pain.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, 02129
        • MGH East Campus, 149 13th St.

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male and female healthy volunteers.
  2. 18-65 years of age.
  3. Right-handed.
  4. Fluency in English. Ability to read and understand English; English can be a second language provided that the participant feels that he/she is able to understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any previous experience with conditioned analgesia/hyperalgesia paradigms.
  2. Presence of any illness or medication use that is judged to interfere with the trial. For example: psychiatric disorder according to the DSM-IV manual, medication that can influence cognition or emotional processing, i.e. sleep medication, antidepressants, anti-convulsants or opioids.
  3. Unwillingness to receive brief pain stimulation administered by a heat probe on the hand.
  4. Instability of responses to experimental heat pain
  5. Any contraindications to fMRI scanning for subjects in Experiment 2 (including metal implants, claustrophobia, history of head trauma, and pregnancy).
  6. Peripheral neuropathy.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 16, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 16, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

November 21, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 13, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 12, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2012P002386

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