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NCT04283643
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Pain Relief
NA trial testing Transcranial Focused Ultrasound in Pain, Acute in 149 participants. Status unknown.
1 April 2021
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University of Virginia |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Status unknown |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 149 |
| Start date | 1 April 2019 |
| Primary completion | 1 April 2021 |
| Estimated completion | 1 April 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Pain, Acute — all drugs for Pain, Acute →
- Pain, Chronic — all drugs for Pain, Chronic →
- Pain, Experimental — all drugs for Pain, Experimental →
Sponsor
University of Virginia
Who can join
Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Pain, Acute or Pain, Chronic. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS), is be applied to healthy human subjects, acute pain patients, and chronic pain patients to investigate their uses for pain relief.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound thalamotomy for refractory neuropathic pain: a systematic review and critical appraisal of current knowledge.
Taranta V, Saporito G, Ornello R, Splendiani A, et al · · 2023 · cited 7× · PMID 37363184 · DOI 10.1177/17562864231180729
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- PubMed search for NCT04283643
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04283643 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Virginia
- Last refreshed: 25 February 2020
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