Frequently
Asked
Questions About
This Website
Myofascial
Pain:
A Neuromuscular
Disease
The
Reading Room
Devin's books and recommendations.
International
Resources and
Links
|
|
|
Current Clinical Studies
It is sometimes difficult to match a volunteer for a clinical study with a researcher who is looking for candidates for his/her study. This section is available for researchers to post information on their fibromyalgia and/or myofascial pain study. If
you are interested in becoming a candidate, please contact the researcher
directly.
The National Institutes of Health
(NIH) has a website on their clinical studies. You can research a
topic to find out what studies are going on, and if any researcher
needs patients to enter the study. To reach this website, click
here.
When submitting your study for possible inclusion in this website, please include the following:
Fibromyalgia and Social Support: An Overlooked Connection - This study is now closed. Results will be posted when available.
Clinical Studies
2007 FMS Study, Neurotherapy Center of Washington, D.C.
FMS,
CMP and the Geloid Mass
Dartmouth Medical
Center, Lebanon, NH Are you younger than 18 years of age? Are you older than 80 years of age? Have you ever had surgery on your esophagus? Has a doctor ever told you that you have cirrhosis of the liver? Heart failure, angina, or an enlarged heart? Lung disorder causing daily shortness of breath or requiring oxygen at home? Cancer (other than skin cancer) within the last 5 years? Kidney failure requiring dialysis?
B. Questions About Reflux Has a doctor ever told you that you have or might have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD or reflux)? Many people with reflux symptoms take proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medications for relief. These medications include: Pantoprozole (Protonix), omeprazole (Prilosec), esomeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Achiphex). Are you now taking any of this type of medication?
If you have been taking PPIs, have these medications been at least partially effective in relieving your reflux symptoms?
If you have answered “No” to all of the questions in part A and “Yes” to all of the questions in part B, then you are eligible to participate in a program that will provide you with important information about reflux, help us to understand how reflux affects our patients’ lives, and help us to know how we can treat reflux more effectively. The program will take 15 to 20 minutes of your time when you come in, then about 10 minutes of your time 3 months from then. Participants will be paid for their time. If you might be willing to participate, please contact: Carol.Moriarty@Hitchcock.org
Do you have CHRONIC ELBOW PAIN? Do you suffer from CHRONIC TENNIS ELBOW? Have you been diagnosed with LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS? You may be eligible to participate in research being conducted by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital looking at the efficacy of Prolotherapy vs. Corticosteroid Injection Therapy for treatment of this condition in healthy volunteers. If you are between 18 and 75 years old and do not have a pre-existing chronic pain or rheumatological condition, you may be eligible for inclusion in this research. You will receive no-cost treatment and $50 if you successfully complete your participation. This will include 2 series of injections into your affected elbow as well as completion of several questionnaires. Your time commitment will be 3 office visits and 1 phone follow-up in this 6 month study. Please refer to www.elbowstudy.com for more information.
Fibromyalgia and Social Support: An Overlooked Connection
Most books on our site are available from:
and
|
