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CompletedNCT00233857

Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

Auricular Acupuncture Versus Placebo (Sham Acupuncture) for Postoperative Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
120 (planned)
Sponsor
University Medicine Greifswald · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
16 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The aim was to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute postoperative pain and in reduction of analgesics consumption on demand and their side effects in patients after ambulatory knee arthroscopy

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREAuricular acupuncture

Timeline

Start date
2003-08-01
Primary completion
2004-07-01
Completion
2004-08-01
First posted
2005-10-06
Last updated
2011-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00233857. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.