Clinical trials: Acupuncture
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Periosteal Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis
185 veterans with chronic knee pain and advanced knee osteoarthritis will be recruited to participate in this study designed to test the effectiveness of a special type of electrical acupuncture called periosteal stimulation…
- Trial name
- PST (NCT00865046)
- Testing
- Periosteal stimulation, Control-Periosteal Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Mucositis, Oropharyngeal Cancer
Acupuncture in Reducing the Severity of Chemoradiation-induced Mucositis in Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer
Patients are asked to be in this study if have oropharyngeal cancer and will be treated with chemotherapy and radiation. This research is being done to find out if acupuncture can reduce the mouth inflammation and pain caused by…
- Trial name
- GCC1229 (NCT01883908)
- Testing
- Acupuncture with Seirin® needles, Usual medical care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Abortion in First Trimester
Auriculotherapy - Pain Management of Aspiration Abortion
Primary Objective: To assess whether usual care plus auricular acupressure with beads reduces subject-reported maximum pain during first trimester vacuum aspiration compared to usual care plus placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT03896022
- Testing
- Acupressure with Beads, Acupuncture with Needles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Chronic Prostatitis With Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) refers to the presence of bothersome pelvic pain symptoms without an identifiable cause.
- Trial name
- NCT03213938
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Health
Infrared Thermography-based Study of the Warming Effect Difference at Waist
Low back pain is a common clinical condition, with up to 84% of adults experiencing varying degrees of low back pain. The most common form of low back pain is non-specific low back pain, which is often treated symptomatically in…
- Trial name
- NCT05665426
- Testing
- acupuncture, moxibustion
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Lymphoma, Myeloma
Acupuncture for Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if giving acupuncture to patients with lymphoma or a plasma cell dyscrasia can help to relieve numbness and/or tingling of the feet and/or hands that is related to chemotherapy.
- Conditions
- Lymphoma, Myeloma, Peripheral Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT00891618
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Tonsillitis
Battlefield Auricular Acupuncture During Adult Tonsillectomies and Effect of Post op Pain and Nausea
The purpose of this study is to determine if auricular acupuncture significantly reduces post-operative pain in comparison to the standard of care.
- Trial name
- BFA (NCT02571075)
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management
Myasthenia Gravis
Acupuncture in Myasthenia Gravis (AcuMG)
The purpose of the study is to determine the effect acupuncture treatment on individuals with a diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis (MG).
- Trial name
- NCT05230082
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Constipation
A Clinical Standardization Study of the Preferred Acupuncture Treatment Protocol to Treat Functional Constipation
The purpose of this study is to re-evaluate the therapeutic superiority and safety of acupuncture treatment using high quality and large sampled clinical research.
- Trial name
- NCT00508482
- Testing
- deep needling, Lactulose, shallow needling
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 475 people
- Sponsor
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Chronic Pain
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors
A study to help manage chronic pain in cancer survivors through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) after undergoing active cancer treatment, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation.
- Trial name
- NCT03661840
- Testing
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Agitation
Acupuncture to Improve Comfort of Children on a Ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective at improving comfort in children on a ventilator in the intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT01848158
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Asthma Placebo Effects
Characterization of Placebo Responses in Stable Asthma
The investigators hypothesize that different placebos will have different effects on subjective and objective asthma outcomes compared with actual therapy and natural history. .
- Trial name
- NCT01143688
- Testing
- albuterol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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
Stress
Application of Auriculotherapy on Nursing Professional Stress Levels
Objectives: Randomized controlled trial aimed to assess stress levels in nursing staff and review the auriculotherapy effectiveness through semi-permanent needles and seeds.
- Trial name
- NCT01141374
- Testing
- auriculotherapy by needles, auriculotherapy by seeds
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Pain Acute, Acupuncture
Acupuncture for Pain Management During Uterine Aspiration
The proposed study will be a randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of auricular acupuncture as adjunct for pain management during abortion.
- Trial name
- NCT03391986
- Testing
- SEIRIN® Pyonex™ Acupuncture Needles, 12 mm Plasters
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Post-operative Pain, Gynecological Surgery
Acupuncture for Post-Operative Pain Control for Patients Undergoing Gynecological Surgery
This study investigates the role of acupuncture in controlling post-operative pain in patients who have undergone gynecological surgery.
- Conditions
- Post-operative Pain, Gynecological Surgery, Acupuncture
- Trial name
- NCT02855567
- Testing
- Acupuncture needles
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chronic Pain
Enhancing Acupuncture Treatment Effect Through Non-invasive Neuromodulation
In this study, investigators will examine the brain mechanism behind the synergistic effects of combining acupuncture and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) treatments.
- Trial name
- NCT03716830
- Testing
- verum acupuncture, real tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Peripheral Neuropathies, Multiple Myeloma
1068GCC Evaluate Efficacy & Explore Mechanism of Acupuncture in Treating Bortezomib-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (BIPN) in Multiple Myeloma
Patients are asked to be in this study if they have multiple myeloma and are having tingling, numbness and pain from taking bortezomib (velcade®).
- Trial name
- NCT01541644
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Pain, Anxiety
Pediatric Laser Acupuncture and Renal Biopsy
The purpose of this study is to test if treatment with laser therapy in pediatric patients undergoing renal biopsies will improve patient satisfaction of the overall procedure.
- Trial name
- NCT01879826
- Testing
- Aculaser applied to kidney points
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Examining the Effect of Acupuncture on Sleep Difficulties Related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The purpose of this study was to examine if group ear acupuncture improves Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sleep difficulties among veterans who participated in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
- Trial name
- NCT00868517
- Testing
- True group auricular acupuncture, Wait-List Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs