{"id":36458,"date":"2025-08-15T15:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=36458"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:56:01","slug":"fibromyalgia","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/fibromyalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fibromyalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy-nbsp\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a rapidly evolving, therapeutic technology that could transform the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with fibromyalgia. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces neuromodulation effects that appear to be helpful in this complicated disease. The target is the cingulate cortex.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of fibromyalgia are limited, and many patients are stuck trying to use symptomatic medications to try to outlast the disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a valuable addition to the care for this difficult disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is non-invasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials-nbsp\">Clinical Trials&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time there are several clinical trials for complex regional pain syndromes, but only the ones that specifically target fibromyalgia are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT07226648?term=NCT07226648&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Utah using\u00a0focused ultrasound neuromodulation\u00a0targeting the cingulate cortex to treat fibromyalgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT05751096?cond=Neuropathy;Peripheral&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> for fibromyalgia (and other painful conditions) that is underway at Virginia Tech.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06967363?cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec&amp;rank=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> for fibromyalgia (and other painful conditions) that is underway in Beijing, China.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement-nbsp-nbsp\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for fibromyalgia is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers-nbsp\">Notable Papers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang JH, Liang J, Yang ZW.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/journals\/neuroscience\/articles\/10.3389\/fnins.2023.1288765\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Non-invasive brain stimulation for fibromyalgia: current trends and future perspectives<\/strong><\/a><strong> Front Neurosci.\u202f2023 Oct 19:17:1288765.\u202fdoi: 10.3389\/fnins.2023.1288765.\u202feCollection 2023. PMID:\u202f37928733 PMCID:\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10620708\/%22%20\/t%20%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>PMC10620708<\/strong><\/a><strong> DOI:\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fnins.2023.1288765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>10.3389\/fnins.2023.1288765<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Click<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=%28%22focused+ultrasound+and+%22fibromyalgia%22&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u202ffor additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[6],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[20],"class_list":["post-36458","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-neurological"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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