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NCT05145595

Pain Sensitivity During Puberty

Completed NA Last updated 9 January 2026
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Thermal Sensory Analyzer in Pain in 36 participants. Completed in 17 July 2024.

Timeline
20 September 2022
Primary endpoint
17 July 2024
17 July 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorWashington University School of Medicine
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposeother
Enrollment36
Start date20 September 2022
Primary completion17 July 2024
Estimated completion17 July 2024
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Who can join

Adults 9 to 16, any sex, with Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Aim 1- To examine the differences in pain sensitivity between adolescents at early vs. mid pubertal status Aim 2- To determine the relationships between sex hormone levels and pain sensitivity Exploratory Aim 1- To determine the effect of pubertal maturation on pain sensitivity Exploratory Aim 2- To identify parameters related to who will develop chronic pain during puberty Hypothesis 1- Adolescents in early pubertal status will have higher pain ratings and lower pain modulation capabilities compared to adolescents in mid puberal status. Hypothesis 2- Pain sensitivity will be associated with sex hormone levels. Exploratory Hypothesis 1- As adolescents mature, they will have a decrease in pain sensitivity to experimental pain which will be related to changes in sex hormone levels. Exploratory hypothesis 2- Female adolescents with greater pain sensitivity, lower testosterone levels and with a family history of pain would be at a higher risk to develop chronic pain

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. The role of puberty in experimental pain sensitivity in healthy adolescent girls.
    Nahman-Averbuch H, Banerjee G, Brown J, McMichael A, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40444025 · DOI 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001292

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