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Preoperative Acupuncture for Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty

NCT06099223 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-03-26

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Summary

Open-label, randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of preoperative acupuncture on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain for high-anxiety patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty. The hypothesis is that preoperative acupuncture will reduce preoperative anxiety, reduce postoperative pain, reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting, reduce opioid consumption, and improve patient satisfaction.

Conditions

  • Knee Arthropathy
  • Hip Arthropathy
  • Anxiety

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture needles

The acupuncture intervention includes a combination of auricular and body acupuncture. The auricular points used are Shen men, Zero point, Tranquilizer point, and Master cerebral. The body points used are the wrist PC6.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hartford Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-21
Primary Completion
2023-04-03
Completion
2023-05-03
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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