View clinical trials related to Fibromyalgia.
Filter by:The aim of this project is to further examine the effectiveness of Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation (RSS) with low-frequency sounds and somatosensory stimulation as a complementary therapy for fibromyalgia, and to investigate potential mechanisms underlying the effects of RSS on chronic pain.
This uncontrolled feasibility pilot study explores the acceptability and potential effect of a 14 week, 11-module, therapist-assisted, internet-delivered treatment program, "One step at the time", for patients moderately affected by Bodily Distress Syndrome. The study includes 25 participants aged 18-60 with multiple functional somatic symptoms for a duration of minimum 6 months. The focus of the feasibility trial is evaluation of treatment response, treatment satisfaction, program utility, recruitment and retention rates, data completion rates, and time requirement. The primary feasibility criterion is a +2.0 points change in patient-rated physical health measured by the SF-36 aggregate score physical health from before to after treatment.
Chronic pain is a major health problem and it has been estimate to account for approximately 40% of all medical visits, costing more than $600 billion annually in the United States alone. Given that pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for chronic pain are often difficult and may be associated with limiting side effects, technology-based interventions using virtual reality (VR) may be a promising alternative treatment option. Recent findings from cognitive neuroscience show that it is possible to manipulate the body schema and to induce a range of well-controlled illusory bodily experiences by exposing participants to conflicting multisensory bodily inputs using VR, that are associated with changes in pain perception and somatosensory processing in healthy subjects and chronic pain patients. In the current project the investigators plan to follow up on these findings in patients suffering from chronic pain affecting the whole body, e.g. fibromyalgia. The project is planned as a single center clinical study at the Department of Neurology and Psychosomatic Medicine, Inselspital Bern, in cooperation with the Pain Center Inselspital Bern, the Department of Biomedical Engineering; University Bern and the Department of Psychology, University of Bern. The investigators want to explore the analgesic effect of a specific multisensory illusion (e.g. the cardio-visual illusion) in patients suffering from chronic pain as compared to a control condition (single-blinded, randomized clinical trial) using psychometric and algometric methods. Moreover, the investigators would like to assess the physiological changes associated with pain reduction, study the reduction of psychological distress and improved well-being and assess the subjective acceptance of VR as a possible treatment option for patients with chronic pain. Importantly, the investigators plan to develop and test an easy to use, mobile VR setup as a long-term treatment option for patients with chronic pain. Given that chronic pain is a major health problem, the investigators believe that there is a huge market potential for an easy to use, noninvasive and effective treatment option and a possible technology transfer.
The investigators are doing this research study to explore whether the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine can be an effective treatment for fibromyalgia. The researchers believe that the BCG vaccine can benefit people with fibromyalgia by increasing immune signaling molecules, called cytokines. The Faustman Immunobiology Laboratory has previously studied BCG in long term type 1 diabetics, and found that BCG vaccinations showed a short and small pancreas effect of restored insulin secretion. Eligible volunteers will be vaccinated with BCG in repeat fashion over a period of three years or receive placebo treatment. The investigators hypothesize that these repeat injections of BCG will reduce symptom severity by increasing immune signaling cytokines.
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Causalgia, and Fibromyalgia represent progressive systemic pain conditions which often worsen over time. They appear to be dysregulation of the central nervous system (CNS) and the autonomic system (sympathetic/parasympathetic) which cause extensive functional losses, impairment, and disabilities. They are often associated with injury sites (including surgical) which produce constant, often disabling pain and motor-sensory losses. Treatments are often ineffective and include medications (often high dose opiates), Physical Therapy (PT), and surgical interventions (sympathectomy, ablation) or insertion stimulators of the CNS. Study is an interventional study to document the safety and efficacy of use of adipose-derived cellular stromal vascular fraction (AD-cSVF) in chronic pain and dysfunction disease groups.
This study is designed to study brain mechanisms associated with symptoms and severity of Fibromyalgia. This will be accomplished by relating results from PET scans to self-reported and objective measures of disease severity.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder associated with a wide spectrum of sleep disorders. In fact, insomnia and waking unrefreshed are currently considered part of the criteria for diagnosis. Recent studies show that sleep quality and symptoms of FM are inversely correlated. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder characterized by repeated episodes of complete or partial blockage of the upper airway. Nonrestorative sleep and fatigue are common symptoms of FM and OSA and may suggest related pathophysiology or co-morbidity that is yet to be diagnosed. This prospective randomized controlled clinical trial will enroll adult FM patients who screen positive for OSA by the STOP-Bang questionnaire. OSA will be confirmed by a laboratory polysomnography (PSG) study. After undergoing further baseline questionnaires and investigations, patients confirmed to have FM with moderate to severe OSA will be randomized to one of two different treatments: 1) Treatment for FM at the Chronic Pain Clinic together with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices for their OSA OR 2) Control group receiving treatment for FM at the Chronic Pain Clinic only.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on clinical and experimental pain in fibromyalgia (FM) patients as compared to a wait-list control condition. Based on prior research, investigators' working hypothesis is that this intervention will decrease the severity of FM-associated clinical pain and experimentally induced pain in comparison to pre-intervention scores and a wait-list control group. Additionally, based on prior work, investigators postulate that mindfulness meditation training will decrease a) depression, b) state anxiety, c) overall disease severity, and d) perceived stress, while increasing e) quality of sleep, and f) mindfulness skills in comparison to pre-intervention scores and the wait-list control group. Investigators will also be testing if decreases in pain ratings during meditation correspond to increases in parasympathetic activity. The relative systemic contributions of the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) can be examined by measuring heart rate variability (HRV), or the variability in the beat-to-beat interval. Fast acting, parasympathetically-mediated high frequency (HF) changes in heart rate variability (HF HRV; 0.15-0.40 Hz) provide a reliable indicator of parasympathetic activity. Importantly, decreased HF HRV correlates with increased pain. Investigators therefore will employ psychophysical and physiological methodologies to test the hypothesis that the analgesic effects of mindfulness meditation in FM patients are associated with increases in HF HRV.
Fibromyalgia has become an increasingly pressing public health problem in the United States. Although some treatments exist for Fibromyalgia, many individuals suffering with Fibromyalgia do not adequately respond to currently available treatment options, highlighting the need to develop and test new interventions for the disorder. To address this pressing clinical issue, we will conduct a pilot study to determine if Whole Body Hyperthermia (WBH) reduces symptoms in adults suffering from Fibromyalgia. We plan to recruit individuals with Fibromyalgia who will receive a single session of WBH to determine if this single session improves Fibromyalgia symptoms and if so whether this improvement will last at least 2 weeks. To do this, the study will include self-report symptom assessments immediately before and one and two weeks after WBH. In addition blood will be collected at these time points to explore whether WBH changes immune system chemicals that are believed to contribute to fibromyalgia. We intend to conduct the study until 10 individuals with fibromyalgia have received a single treatment of WBH and have completed all pre-treatment and post-treatment assessments. Given scientific evidence from our research group that WBH may improve depression, we anticipate that it may also be of benefit or adults suffering from Fibromyalgia.
Hypothesis: Myofascial temporomandibular joint disorder and related symptoms are associated with mandibular condyle and temporal fossa overloading secondary to temporalis and masseter muscle hyperactivity and spasm This study will examine the use of onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) to treat myofascial pain disorder in patients with bruxism who frequently exhibit signs of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) in a double blind cross-over randomized clinical trial by injecting 50 units Botox in temporalis and masseter muscles in 32 patients with 6 months follow up. The objective of the proposed study will be to establish the safety and efficacy of botox in treating TMD associated with bruxism. By the time patients reach the specialists office, most have failed maximal conservative therapies, including non-chew diet, night guard, oral analgesics, muscle relaxants, physical therapy, and a portion have even undergone more invasive procedures, such as manipulation under anesthesia, arthroscopy, and arthroplasty surgeries with limited improvement or recurrence. Primary outcome of the study will be 50% reduction in pain. Secondary outcomes will be 50% reduction in surgical therapy, 25% increase in maximal inter-incisal opening (MIO). The investigators look forward to working with you on the proposed study