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Veteran Ear Acupuncture Pilot Project

NCT04208659 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2021-11-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Veterans who have responded well to Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA), a form of auricular acupuncture, in routine clinical practice will be invited to receive education to insert the needles themselves at home. A 3D-printed wearable prosthetic will also be explored as a means to facilitate needle placement.

Primary end-points will include whether adverse events occur over a six-month period and whether the aforementioned prosthesis significantly facilitates needle placement in terms of subjective ease of administration.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Self-administration of auricular acupuncture without prosthesis

Participants will insert semi-permanent acupuncture needles in their ears without the guidance of a prosthesis

PROCEDURE

Self-administration of auricular acupuncture with prosthesis

The same participants who previous self-administered a standardized auricular acupuncture will be given custom-molded prostheses midway through the study to assess how much the prostheses facilitate insertion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chillicothe VA Medical Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Brian L James, MD · Chillicothe VA Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-27
Primary Completion
2020-09-08
Completion
2021-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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