Clinical trials: Acupuncture, completed
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Optimizing Impact of Manual Therapy on Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar spinal stenosis, a common condition in older adults, can cause pain and difficulty walking (i.e., intermittent neurogenic claudication - INC).
- Trial name
- NCT06023498
- Testing
- Manual Therapy and Exercise, Intramuscular Electroacupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Postoperative Pain
Acupuncture for Pain Control After Elective Caesarean Section
The study entitled "Acupuncture vs. placebo acupuncture and vs. standard therapy for pain control after elective caesarian section - a randomized controlled trial" aims to investigate whether acupuncture with indwelling fixed…
- Trial name
- ACUSEC (NCT02364167)
- Testing
- Standard therapy, Verum acupuncture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Paresthesia, Edema
Effect of Electroacupuncture in Patients Submitted Orthognathic Surgery and Mentoplasty
Goals. To evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture on paresthesia and myofunctional changes in patients undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery and mentoplasty.
- Trial name
- NCT05310019
- Testing
- Physiotherapy and Electroacupuncture, Physiotherapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Tooth, Impacted
Use of Acupuncture for Dental Pain: Testing a Model
This study is testing the safety and effectiveness of acupuncture in controlling pain related to the removal of partially impacted mandibular third molars.
- Trial name
- NCT00010972
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Myofascial Pain:Acupuncture Versus Trigger Point Injection Combined With Dipyrone and Cyclobenzaprine
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Myofascial syndrome is the most frequent condition of chronic pain. The objective of the present study was to compare the analgesic action of acupuncture and trigger point injection combined with…
- Trial name
- ACP (NCT00635037)
- Testing
- bupivacaine and acupuncture
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Postpartum Weight Retention
Laser Acupuncture for Postpartum Weight Retention
Objective: To determine the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on postpartum weight retention. Methods: 66 subjects after delivery with postpartum weight retention will be randomly divided into laser acupuncture and control group.
- Trial name
- NCT02840916
- Testing
- laser acupuncture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Fibromyalgia
Developing Biomarkers for Fibromyalgia
The hypothesis of this study is that biological markers are present in the body that are good indicators of chronic pain. Eligible participants will be assessed at baseline and after receiving a series of acupuncture or "sham"…
- Trial name
- Biomarkers (NCT00932061)
- Testing
- Traditional Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Vasomotor Rhinitis, Acupuncture
Impact of Acupuncture on Vasomotor Rhinitis
Chronic rhinitis without an allergic or infectious aetiology (vasomotor rhinitis) is a common disease for which there are only poor therapeutic treatment options.
- Trial name
- NCT00682162
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Chronic Low Back Pain, Low Back Pain
Brain Mechanisms of Acupuncture Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain
We are doing this study to investigate the effects of acupuncture on chronic low back pain. We are interested in learning about brain activity during pain.
- Conditions
- Chronic Low Back Pain, Low Back Pain, Back Pain
- Trial name
- NCT01595451
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Pain, Low Back 'Spine Fusion' Surgery
'Acupuncture Therapy' for Pain and Function Recovery in Spine Surgery Patients
Acupuncture has been studied in the perioperative setting and shown to reduce pain, anxiety, nausea and vomiting. Studies have been conducted in orthopedic surgery patients, but not spine patients.
- Trial name
- Acuspine (NCT01304979)
- Testing
- Acupuncture therapies, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Medical Center
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Intermittent Claudication
Efficacy of Acupuncture for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (DLSS) is a condition which there is narrowing space of sagittal diameter of spinal canal or nerve root canal for spinal nerve or cauda equina secondary to degenerative changes.
- Trial name
- NCT03784729
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Knee Osteoarthritis
Dry Needling Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis
The population affected by degenerative knee arthritis is very large. The investigator performed dry needle (DN) treatments with acupuncture needles.
- Trial name
- NCT03639441
- Testing
- dry needling, Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Major Depressive Disorder
Intradermal Acupuncture Based on Changes in Biological Specificity of Acupoints for Major Depressive Disorder
Acupoints are the stimulus points and reactive points for acupuncture to treat diseases. Therefore, this study is designed to detect the pain threshold and temperature of biological specificities of acupoints in healthy control…
- Trial name
- NCT05524519
- Testing
- Basic treatment, PSA, TSA
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Overactive Bladder
TTNS vs PTNS in a County Hospital System.
The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) is a feasible and satisfactory treatment for overactive bladder in Urogynecology patients who receive their care at a county…
- Trial name
- NCT07353944
- Testing
- Tibial nerve stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Anxiety
Auricular Acupuncture for Exam Anxiety in Medical Students
Title of the study: Auricular acupuncture (AA) for pre-exam anxiety: A blinded randomized crossover study on healthy volunteers Study period: 04/2012 - 07/2012 Institution: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine…
- Trial name
- AAAnx (NCT02920164)
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Feasibility Study for Electroacupuncture for Chemotherapy- Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)
The purpose of the study is to determine the validity of a point-of-care nerve conduction device (NeuroMetrix) and Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork in assessing the level of peripheral neuropathy in patients with chemotherapy-induced…
- Trial name
- NCT04092764
- Testing
- Electroacupuncture, NeuroMetrix, Rydel-Seiffer tuning fork
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Acupuncture, Ear
Battlefield Acupuncture and Its Use In Multimodal Perioperative Anesthesia Care
The study hypothesis is that perioperative Auricular (battlefield) acupuncture for general surgery and urology cases undergoing general anesthesia will decrease opioid requirements, postoperative pain, the incidence of PONV, and…
- Trial name
- BFA (NCT04615299)
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Anesthesiology WSU/DMC-NorthStar
Chronic Low-back Pain
Virtual Reality Guided Acupuncture Imagery Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
Testing the effect of Virtual Reality - guided imagery acupuncture
- Trial name
- NCT06814470
- Testing
- Virtual reality guided imagery acupuncture treatment (VRGAIT), Virtual reality guided imagery acupuncture treatment control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
Thread-embedding Combined With Auricular Acupuncture for Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) is a significant global health issue, with cases expected to rise by 36.4% by 2050. Chronic LBP (cLBP), lasting over three months, is mostly non-specific cLBP (cNLBP), posing a challenge for effective…
- Trial name
- NCT06682273
- Testing
- Thread-embedding acupuncture, Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
The Impact of Jiaji Electroacupuncture and Scalp Electroacupuncture on Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI), leads to functional deficits and complications like neurogenic bladder and deep vein thrombosis, imposing a global annual financial burden.
- Trial name
- NCT06509841
- Testing
- Electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points, Electro-acupuncture at the scalp points
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Hangzhou Medical College
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