NCT04447885 is a NA clinical trial of weighted blanket in Chronic Pain, sponsored by University of California, San Diego.

Who is sponsoring NCT04447885?

NCT04447885 is sponsored by University of California, San Diego.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04447885?

Interventions in NCT04447885: weighted blanket.

What condition does NCT04447885 study?

NCT04447885 studies Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Syndrome.

Is NCT04447885 still recruiting?

NCT04447885 is currently completed. Last updated 27 April 2021.

Last reviewed 2021-04-27 · How we verify

NCT04447885

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Weighted Blankets and Chronic Pain

Completed NA Last updated 27 April 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing weighted blanket in Chronic Pain in 133 participants. Completed in 25 November 2020.

Timeline

4 June 2020

Primary endpoint
25 November 2020

25 November 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, San Diego
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	133
Start date	4 June 2020
Primary completion	25 November 2020
Estimated completion	25 November 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

weighted blanket

Conditions studied

Chronic Pain — all drugs for Chronic Pain →
Chronic Pain Syndrome — all drugs for Chronic Pain Syndrome →

Sponsor

University of California, San Diego

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Chronic Pain or Chronic Pain Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of the study is to test whether the use of weighted blankets can change the experience of chronic pain and to examine if social, psychological, or health factors influence the perception of the blanket. Multiple blanket weights will be tested.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Chronic pain patients low in social connectedness report higher pain and need deeper pressure for pain relief.
Baumgartner JN, Haupt MR, Case LK. · · 2023 · cited 21× · PMID 36996174 · DOI 10.1037/emo0001228
Widespread Pressure Delivered by a Weighted Blanket Reduces Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Baumgartner JN, Quintana D, Leija L, Schuster NM, et al · · 2022 · cited 9× · PMID 34425251 · DOI 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.07.009

Verify or expand the search:

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Other University of California, San Diego trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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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)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04447885 (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 California, San Diego
Last refreshed: 27 April 2021

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