🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2024-12-05

Reducing Fatigue in People With Multiple Sclerosis by Treatment With TENS (NCT05500963)

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic ⚙️ Medical Device Protocol Sponsor: University of Colorado, Boulder

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

The objective of the randomized, sham-controlled trial will be to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) at reducing the level of fatigue experienced by people with MS.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (7 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (16 items).

Location: University of Colorado — Boulder, Colorado

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Vision or hearing problems that have not been corrected
  • Problems with sensations to temperature, pressure, or pain
  • Any arm or leg problems that would influence the ability to hold a weight
  • Surgery to the arms or legs that continues to bother the participant
  • Metal implants
  • Medical diagnosis or condition that is considered to be an absolute or relative contraindication to participating in exercise training, such as major renal, pulmonary, hepatic, cardiac, gastrointestinal, HIV, cancer (other than treated basal cell cancer), other neurological disorders, or pregnancy
  • History of head injury or stroke
  • Taking antidepressants, anticholinergics, stimulants, sedatives, cannabis, illicit drugs or medications to treat herpes or neurologic pain.
  • Diagnosis of diabetes mellitus
  • Poorly controlled hypertension
  • History of seizure disorders

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • University of Colorado — Boulder, Colorado

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.
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