NCT01621139

A Pilot Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Acupuncture in Patients on Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

A Pilot Prospective Randomized Study to Evaluate the Effects of Acupuncture in Patients on Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of acupuncture use on: 1) decrease the requirements for pharmacologic analgesic, 2) improve patient-reported pain, 3) expedite recovery process, and 4) improve the quality of life.

Conditions

• Mechanical Ventilation Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Patients on mechanical ventilation greater than two days will be randomly assigned to real acupuncture group or sham acupuncture group

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2012-06-18
• Last updated: 2013-11-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States