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Auricular Point Acupressure to Manage Pain in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

NCT03393546 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2023-07-10

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Summary

Pain is considered as one of the most important causal factors of behavioral and psychological symptoms in patients Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD). The investigators plan to examine the effectiveness of pain relief, pain sensory change and immune biomarkers change (measured by serum biomarkers) after the auricular point acupressure (APA). A waitlist will be used to examine the feasibility of a 4-week APA intervention. The investigators will also explore potential analgesic pathways and underpinnings of APA on pain relief.

Conditions

  • Pain
  • Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Auricular Point Acupressure

It includes 4 weekly auricular point acupressure treatments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Chao Hsing Yeh, PhD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-08
Completion
2022-03-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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