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Auricular Acupuncture for Analgesia During Total Hip Arthroplasty

NCT00334165 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2011-02-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim is to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute pain and in reduction of analgesics in patients during total hip arthroplasty

Conditions

  • Acute Pain
  • Total Hip Arthroplasty

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Auricular acupuncture (procedure)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Medicine Greifswald

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Taras I Usichenko, M.D. · Ernst Moritz Arndt University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-06-30
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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