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Battlefield Auricular Acupuncture During Adult Tonsillectomies and Effect of Post op Pain and Nausea

NCT02571075 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2020-06-09

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if auricular acupuncture significantly reduces post-operative pain in comparison to the standard of care. Post-operative pain score will be collected by subject self-report of pain according to the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) (0= no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain) up to 10 days post-operation.

Conditions

  • Tonsillitis

Interventions

OTHER

Auricular acupuncture

The ear will be cleaned with alcohol prior to insertion of the needles. Five sterile, single-use, gold needles will be placed in each ear according to the figure below. The needles penetrate about a millimeter (or 4/100ths of an inch) into the skin.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony R Plunkett, MD · Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-08
Completion
2017-08-23

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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