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Behavioural Intervention

Virtual Auricular Point Acupressure (APA) for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Chao Hsing Yeh, PhD
Research Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 4 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether self-administered auricular point acupressure, with or without in-person training, can reduce chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Eligible Conditions
  • Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 4 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 4 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Pain Interference
Pain
Physical Function
Secondary outcome measures
Fear-Avoidance
Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)
Pain and Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)
+3 more

Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Self-guided mAPA (S-mAPA)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
S-mAPA group will be provided with instructions so that participants can learn to self-administer APA weekly for four weeks and then followed by weekly telecommunication for Q & As.
Group II: In-Person Training + mAPA (IP-mAPA)Experimental Treatment2 Interventions
Participants will receive one in-person training after baseline data is collected and then will self-administer APA on the same schedule with weekly telecommunication as those in the mAPA group.
Group III: Usual Care Control (UC)Active Control1 Intervention
Participants will receive usual care only for their pain; after enrolled, patients will receive weekly telecommunication to control for attention and time. The content of the phone/video call will focus on the pain problem they have and the investigators will provide additional information published by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health "Chronic Pain: In-Depth" (https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/chronic-pain-in-depth) which the investigators used in the R01 study for participants enrolled in the control group
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Virtual Auricular Point Acupressure (APA)
2021
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Johns Hopkins UniversityLead Sponsor
2,256 Previous Clinical Trials
14,820,034 Total Patients Enrolled
Chao Hsing Yeh, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorJohns Hopkins School of Nursing
5 Previous Clinical Trials
786 Total Patients Enrolled
Jennifer Kawi, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Pilot Testing A Theory-Driven Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
2021. "Pilot Testing A Theory-Driven Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05020470.
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