Optimized tDCS for Fibromyalgia: Targeting the Endogenous Pain Control System
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Brief summary
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This trial aims at understanding the mechanisms of optimized transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (16 tDCS sessions combined with exercise)\] on pain control. Optimized tDCS can lead to stronger engagement of the endogenous pain regulatory system that will ultimately lead to increased pain relief in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Therefore, the investigators designed a 2x2 factorial mechanistic trial \[tDCS (active and sham) and aerobic exercise (AE) (active and control)\] to evaluate the effects of 4 weeks of tDCS coupled with exercise on the endogenous pain regulatory system assessed by conditioned pain modulation (CPM) and central sensitization as assessed by temporal slow pain summation (TSPS), and compared to either intervention alone and to no intervention.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03371225
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 116 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Active tDCS Device
- Active Exercise Procedure
- Sham tDCS Device
- Sham Exercise Procedure
Device · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2019
- Primary completion
- Sep 25, 2024
- Completion
- Oct 25, 2025
- Last update posted
- Dec 9, 2025
2019 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for Continuing Care | Cambridge | Massachusetts | 02138 | — |
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