August 13, 2021.
Here is a 2021 list of some current trials into fibromyalgia, and related conditions, that are recruiting for participants in various parts of the world. As the byline of this blog is 'Discovering what works to help Fibromyalgia' it would be remiss of me to not include information about clinical trials into fibromyalgia. I have in fact posted about trials previously... Here is a post I did about them in 2020.
Clinical trials can help us discover and confirm so many things about a condition - it causes, connections, preventatives and treatments.
- Comparison of Focused ESWT by Frequency for Patients With Myofascial Pain Syndrome | Recruiting | Condition: Myofascial Pain Syndrome | Intervention: Device: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy | CHA University, Korea
- Effects on Muscle Activity After Dry Needling in Myofascial Trigger Points of the Gastrocnemius Muscles | Recruiting | Condition: Myofascial Trigger Point Pain | Interventions: Dry needling | Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
- Evaluation of the Sural Nerve With Ultrasonography and Electromyography in Patients With Fibromyalgia | Recruiting | Conditions: Widespread Body Pain; Fibromyalgia | Interventions: Electromyographic and Ultrasonographic measurement | Kutahya Health Sciences University, Turkey
- Predictors of Pain Relief From Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Multiple Forms of Chronic Pain Patients | Recruiting | University of Michigan USA | Condition: Chronic Pain Syndrome | Intervention: Behavioral: MBSR treatment
- A Study to Evaluate Lu AG06466 in Participants With Fibromyalgia | Recruiting | Condition: Fibromyalgia | Interventions: Drug: Lu AG06466 or Placebo
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercises in Temporomandibular Dysfunction | Recruiting | Conditions: Temporomandibular Disorder | Intervention: PNF exercises | Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
- Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Fibromyalgia Patients | Recruiting | Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Chronic Pain; Anxiety; Depression; Fatigue; Sleep Disorder | Intervention: Dry needling | CEU San Pablo University
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Dextrose Prolotherapy | Recruiting | Condition: Efficacy of Dextrose Prolotherapy in Myofascial Pain Syndrome | Interventions: Drug: Injection of dextrose, local anesthetic and saline to the myofascial trigger point | Mustafa Kemal University
- China Headache Registry Study | recruiting | Headache Disorders, Primary; Headache Disorders, Secondary; Migraine; Tension-Type Headache; Cluster Headache; Vertigo, Constant; Vestibular Migraine; Fibromyalgia | China
- Intra-articular Injection in Arthroscopic Management of Temporomandibular Diseases | Recruiting | Condition: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders | Intervention: Procedure: Temporomandibular joint arthroscopy plus intra-articular injection | Sohag University
- Integrative Therapy of Chronic Diseases | Recruiting | Condition: Chronic Disease | Intervention: | Universität Duisburg-Essen; Sozialstiftung Bamberg
- Remote Gamified Sensory Perceptual Training for Patients With Fibromyalgia: a Feasibility Trial | Recruiting | Condition: Fibromyalgia | Intervention: Device: Train Pain | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sad to say that a great number of these treatments are still not available in Taiwan. I'm not even being treated for fibro. I'm managing it my own and focusing on treatment for my AS (inflammatory arthritis.) My rheumy is always open to literature that I bring in, so I've copied this and will to it to him at my appointment on Sept 23. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteGlad that this article can be of some assistance to you Carrie. Sorry to hear about your limited treatment options where you are living. If it is of any consolation to you here in Australia my fibromyalgia is not really treated either. Drs seem to use it more of an excuse for a new symptom... "oh that's your fibromyalgia". By the way, I feel like saying to them, it is not MY fibromyalgia. I have the symptoms of a disease called fibromyalgia but is not mine! Oh they say it is not a disease, it is a condition but to the person with the actual symptoms that is neither here nor there. But I digress. Yes the Drs want to treat the autoimmune conditions, not the fibromyalgia here too. Please let me know how you go at the doctors and if you have any success getting new treatments.
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