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Auricular Acupuncture vs. Sham Procedure for Pain Control After Knee Arthroplasty

NCT03114449 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2017-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aim of the study To investigate whether auricular acupuncture (AA) will reduce postoperative pain and analgesic requirement in comparison with sham AA in patients after elective knee arthroplasty

Design Prospective randomized controlled blinded clinical trial

Participants:

* Patients \< 80 und \> 50 years old
* scheduled for knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia with \< 120 minutes duration
* Without previous opioid medication
* Able to give informed consent

Outcome measures

* Postoperative analgesic requirement
* Incidence of side effects
* Physiological parameters

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Auricular acupuncture

Auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles at specific AA points

DEVICE

Sham auricular acupuncture

Sham auricular acupuncture (AA) with indwelling fixed needles applied at non-AA points

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Naemi-Wilke-Stift Guben Hospital - Anesthesia Services

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Medicine Greifswald

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

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