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NCT06207422: ChronicPA-PAIN

The Effects of a Moderate Intensity Training Program Versus a High Intensity Training Program on Central Pain Processing

Terminated NA Last updated 8 September 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Moderate intensity training program in Healthy in 30 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline
27 November 2023
Primary endpoint
23 August 2024
23 August 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Ghent
PhaseNA
StatusTerminated
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment30
Start date27 November 2023
Primary completion23 August 2024
Estimated completion23 August 2024
Sites1 location across Belgium

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Ghent

Who can join

Adults 18 to 55, any sex, with Healthy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Previous studies have shown that healthy individuals who take more steps per day and who spend more time on moderate- to vigorous-intensity activities exhibit better pain inhibition and less pain facilitation. Furthermore, exercise training (i.e., exercise performed over a number of sessions) can result in reduced pain sensitivity (increased pressure pain threshold). However, the optimal exercise prescription required to achieve pain sensitivity reduction is currently unclear. The next step is to determine experimentally whether increasing physical fitness will lead to positive effects on central pain processing (i.e., pain sensitivity, pain modulation, spinal nociception). The aim of this study is to examine the effects of two exercise programs on central pain processing in healthy sedentary individuals. In case of positive effects, this would provide a rationale for the future to investigate this in chronic pain patients with impaired pain modulation.

Publications & conference data

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

  1. The influence of a moderate versus high intensity training program on central pain processing: a pilot feasibility study.
    Billens A, Hamelink T, Meeus M, Van Oosterwijck J. · · 2026 · PMID 41649235 · DOI 10.1080/17581869.2026.2626256

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