Brain Imaging and Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study examines the mechanisms, including brain imaging of placebo analgesia

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida
• Collaborators: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• English speaking

Exclusion criteria:

• Chronic pain condition other than Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Medical condition that would contraindicate use of lidocaine

• Clinical criteria for fibromyalgia

• Presence of systemic disease such as diabetes, thyroid, gastrointestinal or liver disease, collagen vascular disease, malignancy, focal or neurological

• Seropositive HIV

• Pregnancy