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NCT06968689
Spatiotemporal Thalamocortical Alterations Underlie Experimental and Chronic Pain
NA trial testing transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) in Pain in 60 participants. Currently enrolling.
31 December 2027
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | quadruple |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 60 |
| Start date | 1 June 2025 |
| Primary completion | 31 December 2027 |
| Estimated completion | 29 February 2028 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Sham
- transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS)
Conditions studied
- Pain — all drugs for Pain →
Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Who can join
Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this study is to assess thalamocortical (TC) connectivity during tonic pressure pain, to evaluate alpha activity during tonic pressure pain and to determine pressure pain ratings by using Electroencephalography (EEG), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS), sham and Transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS)
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.
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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 NCT06968689 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Last refreshed: 2 March 2026
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