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Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia on Experimental Dental Pain - A Psychophysical Study (Phase1)

NCT02589418 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2016-03-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will assess the effects of manual acupuncture on experimental dental pain in 36 healthy subjects by means of subjective pain intensity ratings and pain-specific autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactions.

Conditions

  • Experimental Dental Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Needle insertion and manipulation at 4 acupuncture points (bilateral LI4, right ST6 and ST7).

PROCEDURE

Sham-Acupuncture

Needle insertion and manipulation at 4 non-acupoints

PROCEDURE

No Acupuncture

Control intervention: No needle insertion and manipulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Claudia M Witt, MD · University of Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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