NCT01301482

Ear Acupuncture for Acute Sore Throat in Patients Unable to Take Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents (NSAIDs)

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of ear acupuncture alone in subjects with a contraindication to anti-inflammatory medications in the reduction of pain and hours lost from work in acute sore throat.

Conditions

• Acute Sore Throat

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Ear Acupuncture	Ear acupuncture utilizes up to 10 needles (see figure 6). If at any point the subject decides not to continue with the placing of the needles, the acupuncture will cease and the number of points will be documented. The ear Acupuncture points on the right ear include Cingulate gyrus, thalamus, omega 2, shen-men, point zero. The ear Acupuncture points on the left ear include Cingulate gyrus, thalamus, omega 2, shen-men, point zero (see figures 1-5).

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-08-01
• Completion: 2014-08-01
• First posted: 2011-02-23
• Last updated: 2024-08-09
• Results posted: 2024-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States