Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Relieving Pain Due to Fibromyalgia

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

46

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2011

Conditions
Fibromyalgia
Interventions
DEVICE

Acupuncture

"Involves the insertion and manual stimulation of thin acupuncture needles into specific points in the body.~Fibromyalgia participants will be randomized to receive 9 acupuncture treatments over the course of four weeks.~All participants will be scanned twice using the fMRI scanner. The PET portion of the study is optional."

OTHER

Sham treatment

"Fibromyalgia participants will be randomized to receive 9 sham treatments over the course of four weeks.~All participants will be scanned twice using the fMRI scanner. The PET portion of the study is optional."

Trial Locations (1)

48109

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

NIH

lead

University of Michigan

OTHER

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