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Behavioural Intervention

Electroacupuncture Treatment Group for Pain

Phase 1
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Logan College of Chiropractic
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Normal healthy subjects
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up four weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This study is designed to evaluate whether or not electroacupuncture can have an effect on the pain threshold of the subject, as compared to sham treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~four weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and four weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Digital Algometer

Side effects data

From 2007 Phase 2 trial • 57 Patients • NCT00071110
32%
INCREASED DREAM ACTIVITY
29%
HEADACHE
25%
REDUCED DURATION OF SLEEP:
25%
NAUSEA / VOMITING
25%
ORGASMIC DYSFUNCTION
11%
DIMINISHED SEXUAL DESIRE
11%
INCREASED DURATION OF SLEEP:
11%
INCREASED TENDENCY TO SWEATING
11%
ORTHOSTATIC DIZZINESS
7%
PHOTOSENSITIVITY
7%
EMOTIONAL INDIFFERENCE
7%
PALPITATIONS / TACHYCARDIA
4%
FAILING MEMORY
4%
TENSION / INNER UNREST
4%
DRY VAGINA
4%
SLEEPINESS / SEDATION
4%
ASTHENIA / LASSITUDE / INCREASED FATIGUABILITY
4%
RASH
4%
DIARRHEA
4%
PRURITUS
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Study treatment Arm
Electroacupuncture (EA)
Sham Acupuncture (SA)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Electroacupuncture Treatment GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness
Group II: Sham Treatment GroupPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Electroacupuncture
2012
Completed Phase 3
~1800

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Logistics

Participation is compensated

You will be compensated for participating in this trial.

Who is running the clinical trial?

Logan College of ChiropracticLead Sponsor
49 Previous Clinical Trials
1,827 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Pain
40 Patients Enrolled for Pain

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.
Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold
2008. "Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00802165.
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