NCT06568198

Modulation Effect of tACS on Chronic Low Back Pain

Modulation Effect of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) on Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Investigating the modulation effect of tACS

Detailed description

Investigating the modulation effect of one-month Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) for low back pain

Conditions

• Chronic Low-back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Real tACS	α-tACS at a frequency of alpha band at S1
DEVICE	Sham tACS	Sham tACS with no stimulation applied

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-25
• Primary completion: 2028-02-01
• Completion: 2028-02-28
• First posted: 2024-08-23
• Last updated: 2026-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States