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Pain Expectations in Subjects With Osteoarthritis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02155257

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Official title

A Feasibility Study: Understanding and Altering Pain Expectations in Subjects With Osteoarthritis of the Knee or Hip

Brief summary

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The purpose of this research study is to test whether or not researchers can alter or change expectations on pain. The researchers will test whether there is an effect on the size of the pupil and responses to thermal heat temperatures in subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip or healthy subjects for comparison. One of 3 possible treatment groups will be administered to qualifying subjects: (1) gabapentin, a medication that is commonly used to treat nerve pain, (2) modafinil, a medication that is commonly used to treat people with narcolepsy (a disorder that causes people to fall asleep) and (3) a placebo, which is an inactive substance, like a sugar pill, that is not thought to have any effect on your disease or condition

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02155257
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
30 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Jun 30, 2014
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2017
Completion
Sep 30, 2017
Last update posted
Mar 6, 2019

2014 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem North Carolina 27157

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