Can magnetic pulses ease nerve pain and fibromyalgia?
NCT ID NCT06250491
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called deep rTMS to see if it can reduce chronic pain from nerve damage or fibromyalgia. About 70 adults with daily pain will receive either real or fake (sham) treatment over 3 months. The goal is to measure pain relief and daily function improvements.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic pain ≥ 6 months, at least 4/10 on a 0-10 NRS, present every day or nearly every day * Neuropathic pain (confirmed with Douleur Neuropathique en 4 questions and international criteria from NeuPSIG) or fibromyalgia (revised ACR criteria) * Stable concomitant medications for pain for at least one month * Able to fill out questionnaires and understand and speak French Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to rTMS * Prior treatment with rTMS * Progressive severe condition (eg cancer) * Psychosis * Psychoactive drug abuse
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre d'Evaluation et de Traitement de la douleur
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75014, France
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Inserm U987
RECRUITINGBoulogne-Billancourt, 92100, France
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