Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Early Phase 1TPDNCT03686748
Two Point Discrimination
A Early Phase 1 study testing Two-point discrimination training and One-point discrimination training in people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), run by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
SPECIFIC AIMS Pain in both youth and adults is a complex, subjective and personal experience, and remains poorly understood. One particularly perplexing dimension of some forms of pain is the tendency of pain to spread outside of an affected body site to adjacent location, and then to unaffected body sites. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 10 to 17 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS)
- What is being tested?
- Two-point discrimination training and One-point discrimination training
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 21 Jul 2018to 16 Jul 2027
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 10 to 17 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Chronic Pain Patients:
- Somatically located chronic pain
- amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome
- complex regional pain syndrome
- low back pain
- fibromyalgia
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- other forms of chronic, widespread pain
- Male or female, 10-17 years
- High fluency in written and oral English language
- Control Participants:
- Youth in good general health
- Male or female, 10-17 years
- High fluency in written and oral English language
Who cannot join
- Present significant mental health disorder as defined by DSM V (e.g. psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depression),
- alcohol or drug dependence
- documented developmental delays or impairments (e.g., autism, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation) of a magnitude that would interfere with adherence to study requirements or safe participation in the study
- Primary complaint of migraine or visceral (abdominal) pain, with minimal somatic involvement.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229
About this study
Official title: Retuning the Nervous System in Youth With Chronic Pain
SPECIFIC AIMS
Pain in both youth and adults is a complex, subjective and personal experience, and remains poorly understood. One particularly perplexing dimension of some forms of pain is the tendency of pain to spread outside of an affected body site to adjacent location, and then to unaffected body sites. Such widespread pain may reflect an altered spatial tuning of somatosensory processing, such that lateral inhibition is diminished, thereby allowing pain to spread. To date, no therapies exist which are designed specifically to diminish or even reverse the spatial spread of pain. However, training in two-point discrimination holds the potential to retune spatial aspects of somatosensory processing and may represent a novel therapy for widespread pain. Thus, the present investigation will test the following aims:
Read more
Aim 1. Do youth with chronic pain have disrupted spatial tuning of somatosensory processing? Deficits in two point tactile discrimination have long been noted in adults with chronic pain, but such deficits remain poorly documented in pediatric chronic pain patients. In order to determine if such deficits exist, youth with both chronic pain and healthy youth will undergo assessment of two point discrimination thresholds.
Aim 2. Does two-point discrimination training result in diminished pain and disability in youth with somatic pain? After initial characterization of tactile discrimination thresholds, youth with chronic pain will participate in multiple sessions of either two-point discrimination training or a single-point spatially-directed attentional control condition. Training will involve up to 9 additional sessions. Efficacy of training will be assessed by 1) reductions in the spatial extent of pain, 2) reductions in pain intensity and unpleasantness, and 3) reductions in pain-related disability.
Read the detailed description
STUDY DESIGN Prior to commencing this investigation, investigators will optimize the tactile discrimination threshold testing (i.e. as per baseline visit, below), and the training conditions, in up to ten participants (patients and/or healthy controls). This will serve as a pilot to refine operational aspects of study procedures before investigators commence the main investigation proposed herein. Following this, youth with either chronic pain (ages 10-17, n=40) or healthy youth (ages 10-17, n=20) will undergo assessments of two-point and single-point discrimination thresholds in an initial session (Aim 1). After this initial session, youth with chronic pain will participate in up to 9 additional sessions of attentional training (Aim 2). These chronic pain patients will be randomized to either two-point discrimination training (n=20) or a single-point spatially-directed attentional control condition (n=20). Participants will not be informed of which intervention they will receive (single-blind study). Psychological questionnaires will be completed in the first and last sessions in order to determine how these variables relate to tactile discrimination and response to training.
STUDY INTERVENTIONS 5.1 Two Point Discrimination Training: Two-point discrimination threshold (TPD) training may be performed 1) at spatial locations remote from pain, 2) at spatial locations adjacent to the region of pain, and/or 3) at spatial locations in the site of pain, if the participant will tolerate it. TPD is defined as the smallest distance between two points at which someone can recognize two points, and not one, touching their skin. As such this is a test of one's ability to identify separate stimulation of two discrete areas, and relies heavily on lateral inhibition. Highly precise mechanical calipers will be gently placed onto the skin and the distance between the prongs will be increased/decreased. After repeated decreases and increases in the distance between the prongs, the TPD will be deemed as the distance at which participants consistently report two points instead of one. One-point stimuli will be interleaved to serve as a control condition. Participants will be informed immediately of correct and incorrect responses as part of the discrimination training.
5.2 Control Stimulation: Participants will undergo a single-point discrimination training at the same sites as described above. Probes of different sizes will be used for this portion - a small diameter probe (~1-5 mm) and a large diameter probe (~6-50mm). The probes will be gently placed in contact with the participants' skin, and the participant will be instructed to respond if they were contacted with the small or large probe. Participants will be informed immediately of correct and incorrect responses as part of the discrimination training.
- Conditions
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS), Low Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Widespread Pain
- Being tested
- Two-point discrimination training, One-point discrimination training
- Keywords
- Pain
- Medical subject headings
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Two-point discrimination trainingBehavioural
Patients will undergo multiple sessions of two-point discrimination training.
One-point discrimination trainingBehavioural
Patients will undergo multiple sessions of one-point discrimination training.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Two-point intervention | Experimental | Two point discrimination training. Receives: Behavioral: Two-point discrimination training |
| One-point intervention | Active comparator | One point discrimination of size of probe Receives: Behavioral: One-point discrimination training |
| Healthy Controls | No intervention | Observational component of differences in discrimination between chronic pain patients and healthy controls. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in spatial extent of pain from baseline visit to final visit
total area of body affected by pain
Measured: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Change in pain ratings from baseline visit to final visit
Ratings of current pain intensity on a non-numerical visual analog scale ranging from "not at all intense" to "most intense pain sensation imaginable" and of pain unpleasantness on a non-numerical visual analog scale ranging from "not at all unpleasant" to "most unpleasant pain imaginable".
Measured: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Change in pain-related disability from baseline visit to final visit
pain-related disability as assessed by the Functional Disability Index
Measured: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Secondary outcomes (1)
Change in two point discrimination threshold from baseline visit to final visit
Calipers moving at fixed distances to determine threshold of two point detection
Measured: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Sep 2018
- Study start21 Jul 2018
- Primary completion17 Jul 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion16 Jul 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (20)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Two group, single blind for chronic pain patients receiving intervention, additional basic science component with baseline comparisons between patients and healthy controls.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Robert Coghill, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Investigators
- Robert C Coghill, Ph.D., Principal investigator, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03686748
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CIN_TPD_001
- Acronym
- TPD
- Status last verified
- Jan 2025
- First submitted
- 27 Jun 2018
- Last updated
- 6 Jan 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: All collected deidentified IPD that underlie results in a publication
Publications
Flor H, Nikolajsen L, Staehelin Jensen T. Phantom limb pain: a case of maladaptive CNS plasticity? Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006 Nov;7(11):873-81. doi: 10.1038/nrn1991.
PubMed 17053811Defrin R, Pope G, Davis KD. Interactions between spatial summation, 2-point discrimination and habituation of heat pain. Eur J Pain. 2008 Oct;12(7):900-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.12.015. Epub 2008 Feb 14.
PubMed 18280188Flor H, Denke C, Schaefer M, Grusser S. Effect of sensory discrimination training on cortical reorganisation and phantom limb pain. Lancet. 2001 Jun 2;357(9270):1763-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04890-X.
PubMed 11403816Gardner EP, Martin JH, Jessell TM, Kandel ER, Schwartz JH (2000) Principles of neural science. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Groenewald CB, Essner BS, Wright D, Fesinmeyer MD, Palermo TM. The economic costs of chronic pain among a cohort of treatment-seeking adolescents in the United States. J Pain. 2014 Sep;15(9):925-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
PubMed 24953887Hechler T, Wager J, Zernikow B. Chronic pain treatment in children and adolescents: less is good, more is sometimes better. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Oct 13;14:262. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-262.
PubMed 25308551Hestbaek L, Leboeuf-Yde C, Kyvik KO, Manniche C. The course of low back pain from adolescence to adulthood: eight-year follow-up of 9600 twins. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Feb 15;31(4):468-72. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000199958.04073.d9.
PubMed 16481960Huguet A, Miro J. The severity of chronic pediatric pain: an epidemiological study. J Pain. 2008 Mar;9(3):226-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.10.015. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
PubMed 18088558King S, Chambers CT, Huguet A, MacNevin RC, McGrath PJ, Parker L, MacDonald AJ. The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: a systematic review. Pain. 2011 Dec;152(12):2729-2738. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.016.
PubMed 22078064Lotze M, Moseley GL. Role of distorted body image in pain. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2007 Dec;9(6):488-96. doi: 10.1007/s11926-007-0079-x.
PubMed 18177603Maihofner C, Handwerker HO, Neundorfer B, Birklein F. Patterns of cortical reorganization in complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology. 2003 Dec 23;61(12):1707-15. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000098939.02752.8e.
PubMed 14694034Maihofner C, Handwerker HO, Neundorfer B, Birklein F. Cortical reorganization during recovery from complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology. 2004 Aug 24;63(4):693-701. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000134661.46658.b0.
PubMed 15326245Moseley LG, Zalucki NM, Wiech K. Tactile discrimination, but not tactile stimulation alone, reduces chronic limb pain. Pain. 2008 Jul 31;137(3):600-608. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.10.021. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
PubMed 18054437O'Sullivan PB, Beales DJ, Smith AJ, Straker LM. Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2012 Feb 5;12:100. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-100.
PubMed 22304903Price DD (1999) Psychological mechanisms of pain and analgesia, 0 Edition. Seattle: IASP Press.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Jan 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Retuning the Nervous System in Youth With Chronic Pain
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03686748
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TPD / CIN_TPD_001
- Conditions
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS), Low Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Widespread Pain
- Keywords
- Pain
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, CincinnatiUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 21 Jul 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 17 Jul 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 16 Jul 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 27 Sep 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
SPECIFIC AIMS
Pain in both youth and adults is a complex, subjective and personal experience, and remains poorly understood. One particularly perplexing dimension of some forms of pain is the tendency of pain to spread outside of an affected body site to adjacent location, and then to unaffected body sites. Such widespread pain may reflect an altered spatial tuning of somatosensory processing, such that lateral inhibition is diminished, thereby allowing pain to spread. To date, no therapies exist which are designed specifically to diminish or even reverse the spatial spread of pain. However, training in two-point discrimination holds the potential to retune spatial aspects of somatosensory processing and may represent a novel therapy for widespread pain. Thus, the present investigation will test the following aims:
Aim 1. Do youth with chronic pain have disrupted spatial tuning of somatosensory processing? Deficits in two point tactile discrimination have long been noted in adults with chronic pain, but such deficits remain poorly documented in pediatric chronic pain patients. In order to determine if such deficits exist, youth with both chronic pain and healthy youth will undergo assessment of two point discrimination thresholds.
Aim 2. Does two-point discrimination training result in diminished pain and disability in youth with somatic pain? After initial characterization of tactile discrimination thresholds, youth with chronic pain will participate in multiple sessions of either two-point discrimination training or a single-point spatially-directed attentional control condition. Training will involve up to 9 additional sessions. Efficacy of training will be assessed by 1) reductions in the spatial extent of pain, 2) reductions in pain intensity and unpleasantness, and 3) reductions in pain-related disability.
Detailed description
STUDY DESIGN Prior to commencing this investigation, investigators will optimize the tactile discrimination threshold testing (i.e. as per baseline visit, below), and the training conditions, in up to ten participants (patients and/or healthy controls). This will serve as a pilot to refine operational aspects of study procedures before investigators commence the main investigation proposed herein. Following this, youth with either chronic pain (ages 10-17, n=40) or healthy youth (ages 10-17, n=20) will undergo assessments of two-point and single-point discrimination thresholds in an initial session (Aim 1). After this initial session, youth with chronic pain will participate in up to 9 additional sessions of attentional training (Aim 2). These chronic pain patients will be randomized to either two-point discrimination training (n=20) or a single-point spatially-directed attentional control condition (n=20). Participants will not be informed of which intervention they will receive (single-blind study). Psychological questionnaires will be completed in the first and last sessions in order to determine how these variables relate to tactile discrimination and response to training.
STUDY INTERVENTIONS 5.1 Two Point Discrimination Training: Two-point discrimination threshold (TPD) training may be performed 1) at spatial locations remote from pain, 2) at spatial locations adjacent to the region of pain, and/or 3) at spatial locations in the site of pain, if the participant will tolerate it. TPD is defined as the smallest distance between two points at which someone can recognize two points, and not one, touching their skin. As such this is a test of one's ability to identify separate stimulation of two discrete areas, and relies heavily on lateral inhibition. Highly precise mechanical calipers will be gently placed onto the skin and the distance between the prongs will be increased/decreased. After repeated decreases and increases in the distance between the prongs, the TPD will be deemed as the distance at which participants consistently report two points instead of one. One-point stimuli will be interleaved to serve as a control condition. Participants will be informed immediately of correct and incorrect responses as part of the discrimination training.
5.2 Control Stimulation: Participants will undergo a single-point discrimination training at the same sites as described above. Probes of different sizes will be used for this portion - a small diameter probe (~1-5 mm) and a large diameter probe (~6-50mm). The probes will be gently placed in contact with the participants' skin, and the participant will be instructed to respond if they were contacted with the small or large probe. Participants will be informed immediately of correct and incorrect responses as part of the discrimination training.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 3
- Model description
- Two group, single blind for chronic pain patients receiving intervention, additional basic science component with baseline comparisons between patients and healthy controls.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Two-point intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Two-point discrimination trainingTwo point discrimination training. |
| One-point intervention | Active comparator | Behavioral: One-point discrimination trainingOne point discrimination of size of probe |
| Healthy Controls | No intervention | –Observational component of differences in discrimination between chronic pain patients and healthy controls. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 10 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (13 listed)
- Somatically located chronic pain
- amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome
- complex regional pain syndrome
- low back pain
- fibromyalgia
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Present significant mental health disorder as defined by DSM V (e.g. psychosis, bipolar disorder, major depression),
- alcohol or drug dependence
- documented developmental delays or impairments (e.g., autism, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation) of a magnitude that would interfere with adherence to study requirements or safe participation in the study
- Primary complaint of migraine or visceral (abdominal) pain, with minimal somatic involvement.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Two-point discrimination trainingPatients will undergo multiple sessions of two-point discrimination training. | Behavioural | Two-point intervention |
| One-point discrimination trainingPatients will undergo multiple sessions of one-point discrimination training. | Behavioural | One-point intervention |
Primary outcome
Change in spatial extent of pain from baseline visit to final visit
Time frame: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
total area of body affected by pain
Change in pain ratings from baseline visit to final visit
Time frame: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Ratings of current pain intensity on a non-numerical visual analog scale ranging from "not at all intense" to "most intense pain sensation imaginable" and of pain unpleasantness on a non-numerical visual analog scale ranging from "not at all unpleasant" to "most unpleasant pain imaginable".
Change in pain-related disability from baseline visit to final visit
Time frame: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
pain-related disability as assessed by the Functional Disability Index
1 secondary outcome
Change in two point discrimination threshold from baseline visit to final visit
Time frame: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Jan 2025.
- Background: PubMed 17053811Flor H, Nikolajsen L, Staehelin Jensen T. Phantom limb pain: a case of maladaptive CNS plasticity? Nat Rev Neurosci. 2006 Nov;7(11):873-81. doi: 10.1038/nrn1991.
- Background: PubMed 18280188Defrin R, Pope G, Davis KD. Interactions between spatial summation, 2-point discrimination and habituation of heat pain. Eur J Pain. 2008 Oct;12(7):900-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.12.015. Epub 2008 Feb 14.
- Background: PubMed 11403816Flor H, Denke C, Schaefer M, Grusser S. Effect of sensory discrimination training on cortical reorganisation and phantom limb pain. Lancet. 2001 Jun 2;357(9270):1763-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04890-X.
- BackgroundGardner EP, Martin JH, Jessell TM, Kandel ER, Schwartz JH (2000) Principles of neural science. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Background: PubMed 24953887Groenewald CB, Essner BS, Wright D, Fesinmeyer MD, Palermo TM. The economic costs of chronic pain among a cohort of treatment-seeking adolescents in the United States. J Pain. 2014 Sep;15(9):925-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
- Background: PubMed 25308551Hechler T, Wager J, Zernikow B. Chronic pain treatment in children and adolescents: less is good, more is sometimes better. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Oct 13;14:262. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-262.
- Background: PubMed 16481960Hestbaek L, Leboeuf-Yde C, Kyvik KO, Manniche C. The course of low back pain from adolescence to adulthood: eight-year follow-up of 9600 twins. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Feb 15;31(4):468-72. doi: 10.1097/01.brs.0000199958.04073.d9.
- Background: PubMed 18088558Huguet A, Miro J. The severity of chronic pediatric pain: an epidemiological study. J Pain. 2008 Mar;9(3):226-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.10.015. Epub 2007 Dec 21.
- Background: PubMed 22078064King S, Chambers CT, Huguet A, MacNevin RC, McGrath PJ, Parker L, MacDonald AJ. The epidemiology of chronic pain in children and adolescents revisited: a systematic review. Pain. 2011 Dec;152(12):2729-2738. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.07.016.
- Background: PubMed 18177603Lotze M, Moseley GL. Role of distorted body image in pain. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2007 Dec;9(6):488-96. doi: 10.1007/s11926-007-0079-x.
- Background: PubMed 14694034Maihofner C, Handwerker HO, Neundorfer B, Birklein F. Patterns of cortical reorganization in complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology. 2003 Dec 23;61(12):1707-15. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000098939.02752.8e.
- Background: PubMed 15326245Maihofner C, Handwerker HO, Neundorfer B, Birklein F. Cortical reorganization during recovery from complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology. 2004 Aug 24;63(4):693-701. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000134661.46658.b0.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. All collected deidentified IPD that underlie results in a publication
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Robert C Coghill, Ph.D. principal investigator
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Early Phase 1 study testing Two-point discrimination training and One-point discrimination training in people with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), run by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 13 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Jan 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in spatial extent of pain from baseline visit to final visit (time frame: baseline to final visit which is up to 5 weeks from baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03686748, which also lists 20 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Jan 2025.