Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:10 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:10 AM
NCT ID:
NCT01402960
Eligibility Criteria:
STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Providing informed consent to participate in the study
2. 18 to 64 years old
3. Having chronic musculoskeletal pain (existing pain for more than 6 months with an average of at least 3 on a 0-10 VAS scale)
4. Pain resistant to common analgesics and medications for chronic pain such as Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Soma, Parafon Forte DCS, Zanaflex, and Codeine.
5. Must have the ability to feel pain as self reported
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Pregnancy
2. Contraindications to tDCS
* metal in the head
* implanted brain medical devices
3. History of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 6 months as self reported
4. Use of carbamazepine within the past 6 months as self reported.
5. Severe depression (with a score of \>30 in the Beck Depression Inventory)
6. History of neurological disorders as self reported.
7. History of unexplained fainting spells as self reported,
8. History of head injury resulting in more than a momentary loss of consciousness as self reported
9. History of neurosurgery as self reported
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
64 Years
Study:
NCT01402960
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01402960