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Chromatic Retinal Stimulation to Reduce Chronic Pain and Pain Sensitivity

Study Purpose

Participants with chronic pain conditions including chronic low back pain and fibromyalgia may benefit from light stimuli presented to the retina to reduce chronic pain severity and pain sensitivity. Participants will be recruited into this study and will be presented with one of three uniform light stimuli via a wide-field ganzfeld in three conditions to determine the retinal mechanisms that reduce pain. This work will lead to a greater understanding of retinal mechanisms that contribute to pain and will assist the design of future studies to harness the potential of light based pain therapies.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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 No
Study Type

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 Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years - 65 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Adults greater than or equal to 18 and less than or equal to 65.
  • - Individuals who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or chronic low back pain by their physician.
  • - Individuals who experience an average pain severity greater than 4/10 in intensity at baseline.
  • - Willingness to wear a battery-operated portable ganzfeld light stimulator device for 2 hours per day at the same time each day (ideally complete the light therapy session between 5 am-10 am each morning) for 5 days.
  • - Alert and oriented, and able to provide informed consent.
  • - Ability to read and speak English to complete validated questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Vision disorders or conditions resulting in severe vision impairment or blindness.
  • - Individuals with self-report of color blindness.
  • - Prisoner Status.
  • - Pregnancy.
  • - No other history or condition that would, in the investigator's judgment, indicate that the patient would very likely be non-compliant with the study or unsuitable for the study (e.g., might interfere with the study, confound interpretation, or endanger the patient).
- History of seizure disorder

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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 NCT05956067
Phase

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 N/A
Lead Sponsor

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 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Principal Investigator

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 Matthew C Mauck, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

 Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

 Chronic Low-back Pain, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia
Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Equal energy white stimulus

Equal energy white light at 500 lux. The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) coordinates of this light are (x=y=0.33), indicating that the stimulus appears uniformly white which means that the activation of each of the three classes of photoreceptors are equivalent, thus silencing any chromatic opponency. The stimulus will be delivered by a portable battery-operated ganzfeld light stimulation device for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

Experimental: Green light stimulus

Green light at 500 lux. Participants will view 545 nm green light delivered via a portable battery-operated ganzfeld light stimulation device for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

Experimental: S-cone modulating white light

The S-cone modulating light stimulus will alternate between two light conditions at 500 lux that will activate the S-cones by about 100x differentially between the two conditions while maintaining the L- an M-cones at constant activation between the two alternating conditions using 427 nm versus 545 nm light. The stimulus will be delivered by a portable battery-operated ganzfeld light stimulation device for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

Interventions

Device: - Green Light stimulation

A portable battery-operated ganzfeld light display will be used to deliver green light for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

Device: - Equal Energy White stimulation

A portable battery-operated ganzfeld light display will be used to deliver white light for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

Device: - S-cone modulating white light

A portable battery-operated ganzfeld light display will be used to deliver S-cone modulating light for 2 hours per day for 5 consecutive days.

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University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Status

Recruiting

Address

University Of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27517

Site Contact

Matthew C Mauck, MD PhD

[email protected]

919-966-5136

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