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Peripheral Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal Pain

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Stephanie Eucker, MD, PhD
Research Sponsored by Duke University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to one year post ed visit
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is designed to study the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of acupuncture in treating acute musculoskeletal pain in the Emergency Department.

Eligible Conditions
  • Musculoskeletal Pain

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to one year post ed visit
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to one year post ed visit for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change in Pain Score
Number of ED patients eligible for recruitment as measured by patient log
Number of adverse events
+4 more
Secondary outcome measures
Change in cognitive function
Change in function
Number of return ED visits
+2 more

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Peripheral AcupunctureExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Peripheral acupuncture involves placement of needles in up to 30 specific sites in the head, neck, arms from the shoulders to the hands, and legs from the knees to the feet
Group II: Auricular (Battlefield) AcupunctureExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Auricular acupuncture involves placement of needles based on battlefield acupuncture protocol which involves the placement of needles in up to 5 sites on each ear to treat pain.
Group III: ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Standard of care without acupuncture
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Auricular (Battlefield) Acupuncture
2020
N/A
~600
Peripheral Acupuncture
2020
N/A
~600

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Who is running the clinical trial?

The Duke EndowmentOTHER
12 Previous Clinical Trials
39,343 Total Patients Enrolled
Duke UniversityLead Sponsor
2,363 Previous Clinical Trials
3,419,887 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Musculoskeletal Pain
590 Patients Enrolled for Musculoskeletal Pain
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)FED
30 Previous Clinical Trials
22,709 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is there still opportunity for patients to join the experiment?

"Contrary to expectation, clinicaltrials.gov does not list this trial as actively enrolling participants. Initially posted on February 10th 2020, the last alteration occurred December 21st 2021. Nevertheless, there are 243 other studies that are presently recruiting patients for their trials."

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Recent research and studies
BMJ OpenJournal
Acupuncture for Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Management in the Emergency Department and Continuity Clinic: A Protocol for an Adaptive Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
Eucker, Stephanie A, Oliver Glass, Catherine A Staton, Mitchell R Knisely, Amy O’Regan, Christi De Larco, Michelle Mill, et al.. 2022. “Acupuncture for Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Management in the Emergency Department and Continuity Clinic: A Protocol for an Adaptive Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial”. BMJ Open. BMJ. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061661.
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Emergency Department Acupuncture for Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Management
2020. "Emergency Department Acupuncture for Acute Musculoskeletal Pain Management". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04290741.
~116 spots leftby Apr 2025
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