# Psychobiological Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Effects in the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain

> **NCT02157389** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim** · enrollment: 80 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Lower Back Pain
- Healthy Control Subjects

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Administration of a pharmacological placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02157389
- **Lead sponsor:** Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-07
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2014-12
- **Target enrollment:** 80 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-01-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02157389

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02157389, "Psychobiological Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Effects in the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02157389. Licensed CC0.

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