Pain Clinical Trial
— SAAAPPOfficial title:
Self-Administration of Auricular Acupuncture Pilot Project
Verified date | December 2020 |
Source | Chillicothe VA Medical Center |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
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.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 12 |
Est. completion date | July 1, 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | September 8, 2020 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 120 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Clinical diagnosis of chronic pain from any etiology - Participant is physically and cognitively able to self-administer auricular acupuncture. This will be determined by the investigator during the educational sessions. - Participants taking anti-coagulant or anti-platelet medications will be allowed to participate if they acknowledge an increased risk of bleeding Exclusion Criteria: - Condition causing ongoing immunocompromised state (e.g. overt AIDS, chemotherapy, anti-rejection medications) - Acquired or congenital defects in the tympanic membrane - Pregnancy - Severe cognitive impairment - Physical disability precluding self-administration of auricular acupuncture - History of severe vasovagal reaction to acupuncture needling - History of endocarditis - History of artificial heart valve - History of implanted device to support cardiac function - Participation will be terminated for participants who use the acupuncture needles in any way other than instructed Exclusion criteria include those who do not wish to participate and those who have significant contraindications to AA (auricular acupuncture) or indwelling acupuncture. These include: being immunocompromised, congenital or acquired defects in the tympanic membrane, pregnancy, severe cognitive impairment, inability to perform BFA on themselves. Medical anti-coagulation is not an automatic exclusion as many patients on these medications will not have any issues with bleeding with BFA. Those who have history of severe vasovagal/syncopal or other adverse response to skin puncture will also be excluded. Those with artificial heart valves or those with a history of heart valve infection are excluded because of risk of endocarditis. Pregnant patients will be excluded from this study to eliminate the possibility of harm to pregnant patients and developing children. Medical conditions that would exclude someone from using BFA include: 1) those with replacement heart valves; 2) those with history of heart valve infection; 3) those who are pregnant; 4) those who have a pacemaker, defibrillator, or other similar electronic device; 5) those who are afraid of needles, 6) those who are scheduled for an MRI; 7) those with non-medication induced bleeding disorders. Participants will be removed from the study if it is discovered they are using the needles in a manner that is inconsistent with the protocol. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Chillicothe VA Medical Center | Chillicothe | Ohio |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Chillicothe VA Medical Center |
United States,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (Self-Administered Auricular Acupuncture) | The total number of self-reported adverse events other than minor self-limited bleeding (less than 1 mL per episode of acupuncture), dizziness and mild nausea will be recorded for the participants. The absolute number and percentage of participants experiencing adverse events greater than the aforementioned will be reported. | Six months | |
Primary | Incidence of Perceived Improved Ease of Self-administration of Auricular Acupuncture with 3D-printed Ear Prostheses | What percentage of patients affirm that the ear prostheses provided during the study make the self-administration of auricular acupuncture easier to perform? This is a dichotomous "yes/no" question. | 3 months | |
Secondary | Comparative Satisfaction with Pain Control of Self-Administered Auricular Acupuncture versus Previous Episodes of Provider Administered Auricular Acupuncture | Previous provider-administered post-needling auricular acupuncture pain scores as measured by the Numeric Rating Scale will be averaged for each participant according to the availability of such data. All participants will be expected to have several such data points in the electronic medical record. These scores will be averaged for each patient. This individual average will be compared to the average of post-needling NRS scores reported from the self-administration of auricular acupuncture for the same patient. The percentage of difference in the NRS score between provider-administered and self-administered acupuncture will be reported to assess for possible non-inferiority of self-administered auricular acupuncture. | 6 months |
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