NCT02543320Active, not recruiting
Neurofeedback in Decreasing Acute Radiotherapy-Induced Pain in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Neurofeedback for Acute Radiotherapy-Induced Pain in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This pilot trial studies how well neurofeedback training works in decreasing acute radiotherapy-induced pain in patients with head and neck cancer. Neurofeedback training is a type of therapy that uses electroencephalograph and a computer software program to measure brain wave activity. Neurofeedback training may help teach patients ways to modify their own brain waves to decrease the perception of pain and improve quality of life.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 17 (actual)
- First submitted
- 2 Sept 2015
- Start date
- 29 Aug 2012
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2027
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Head and neck cancer
- NCT number
- NCT02543320
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 17
- From 29 Aug 2012 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients who are taking any antipsychotic medications
- Patients with known, previously diagnosed head or neck pain from other pain syndromes or chronic pain requiring analgesics
Other illness
- Patients with active central nervous system (CNS) disease, such as clinically-evident metastases or leptomeningeal disease, dementia, or encephalopathy
- Patients who have ever been diagnosed with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
- Patients with a history of seizure disorders
Who the study is looking for
- Patients must have the ability to understand and read English, sign a written informed consent, and be willing to follow protocol requirements
- Patients must not have pain \> 2 on a scale of 0 - 10 (self report) in the head and neck before starting radiotherapy
- Scheduled to undergo a 6 week course of radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
- No plans to change the type of pain medication during the course of the study
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
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