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This web page makes it easy to search for featured research studies at the NIH Clinical Center. You can search for specific studies by entering keywords related to your symptoms in the search box or by using the sort and filter options.


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A Proof-of-Concept Trial on the Effect of Ketamine on Fatigue

A Proof-of-Concept Trial on the Effect of Ketamine on Fatigue

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking people who are cancer survivors or have a chronic illness such as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), Sjogren's disease, or Lupus to participate in a research study on fatigue. Fatigue is a common side effect of various illnesses. Researchers want to test if a one-time dose of the medication Ketamine or a similar drug can reduce fatigue. This is not a treatment study for fatigue, cancer, ME, CFS, Sjogren's disease, or Lupus. Study procedures and medications are provided at no cost. Travel costs for study visits will be reimbursed in accordance with NIH guidelines.
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Clinical and Scientific Assessment of Pain and Painful Disorders

Clinical and Scientific Assessment of Pain and Painful Disorders

Researchers in the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a study investigating how our brain responds to pain. This study will allow researchers to collect information that may be used to learn more about pain disorders and how we respond to painful experiences.

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Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception (with MRI)

Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception (with MRI)

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to better understand how pain and emotions are processed in the human brain and influence by psychological factors. This is an outpatient study that may involve moderate but tolerable pain (while having an MRI). Researchers are studying how thoughts, feeling, and learning influence pain and perception.
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Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception (No MRI)

Neural and Psychological Mechanisms of Pain Perception (No MRI)

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health seek healthy volunteers to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to better understand how pain and emotions are processed in the human brain and influenced by psychological factors. This is an outpatient study that may involve moderate but tolerable pain. Researchers are studying how thoughts, feelings, and learning influence pain and perception.
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COVID-19, Adaptación crónica y respuesta al ejercicio (COVID-CARE): un ensayo controlado aleatorio

COVID-19, Adaptación crónica y respuesta al ejercicio (COVID-CARE): un ensayo controlado aleatorio

Investigadores del Centro Clínico de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (NIH, por sus siglas en inglés) buscan voluntarios para un estudio que investiga si un programa de ejercicios aeróbicos puede beneficiar a los sobrevivientes de COVID-19.

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