Acupuncture for Post-tonsillectomy Pain Control in Children

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture.

The hypothesis is that postoperative treatment of children undergoing tonsillectomy with acupuncture will reduce pain with minimal unwanted effects.

Clinical Trial Description

A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study comparing conventional postoperative analgesia with paracetamol-on-demand with the same regime plus acupuncture.

The study will be conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration and has been approved by the Human Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Ziv Medical Center and the Ministry of Health.

Patients will be recruited through the preoperative clinic conducted on the day before surgery. All parents and children will be given a full explanation of the study by an experienced member of the research team before randomization. The explanation will include the nature of acupuncture and the proposed treatment. Parents will sign an informed consent. Patients randomized to the acupuncture group will have a "trial run" at the time of consenting with a member of the research team experienced with performing acupuncture in children , in order to familiarize the child and family with the procedure. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01285687
Study type	Interventional
Source	Ziv Hospital
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 2011
Completion date	November 2013

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