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Neural Correlates of Auriculotherapy

NCT06358287 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2024-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chronic pain continues to be a major health issue, creating a significant societal burden, as it is an independent risk factor for opioid use disorder (OUD) and deaths. Acute pain episodes can often engender OUD due to lack of effective strategies to treat pain and prevent the transition to chronic pain. One potential non-opioid method for pain relief is auriculotherapy (AT), where acupuncture-like treatment is administered to the ear. The objective of this pilot study is to illustrate that AT-related brain effects can be found using functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) in patients with low back pain.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

cryogenic auriculotherapy

Compressed nitrogen is used to create a 'cryonic needle', using a cryopunctor device. An orifice is placed in appropriate acupoint and nitrogen flow is used to cool and activate the point.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Keith M. Vogt, MD, PhD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Keith Vogt, MD, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-15
Primary Completion
2022-11-07
Completion
2022-11-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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