Energy healing tested for fibromyalgia – real or just placebo?
NCT ID NCT06552728
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether energy healing (a hands-off therapy that aims to balance the body's energy) can reduce pain in women with fibromyalgia. Twenty-five participants will receive both real and fake (sham) energy healing while their brain activity is scanned with fMRI. The goal is to see if real energy healing changes pain-related brain networks more than the sham version.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- energy healing
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a non-drug option for easing fibromyalgia pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study (25 people) with no blinding for the practitioner, and the effects may be no better than placebo.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of California at Irvine
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92617, United States
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