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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00080184
Date of registration: 24/03/2004
Primary sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Public title: Effectiveness of Brainwave Biofeedback in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Scientific title: Effectiveness of EEG Biofeedback in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia
Date of first enrolment: December 2003
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00080184
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

- Diagnosis of fibromyalgia with symptoms for at least 1 year

- Self-report of having attention/concentration, memory, multi-tasking or other
thinking difficulties

- Able to read and understand English

- Able to attend treatment sessions weekly and return for planned follow-ups

- Appropriate balance of average delta (<4 Hertz) EEG waveband and alpha (approximately
4-8 Hertz) EEG waveband amplitude on LENS screening (to be determined by study
personnel);

Exclusion criteria:

- Other chronic pain condition of major significance

- Current chronic viral infection

- Current other unstable medical condition

- History of spinal, including neck, surgery

- Psychological screening indicates psychotic, suicidal, homicidal, and/or substance
abusing

- Use of long-acting opioid medication taken on a continuous 24-hour dosing schedule

- Current involved in litigation regarding pain condition or seeking disability

- History of electroconvulsive therapy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fibromyalgia
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Low Energy Neurofeedback System
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
R21 AT000930-01A2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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