NCT03114449

Auricular Acupuncture vs. Sham Procedure for Pain Control After Knee Arthroplasty

Auricular Acupuncture (AA) vs. Sham AA Procedure for Pain Control After Elective Knee Arthroplasty - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim of the study To investigate whether auricular acupuncture (AA) will reduce postoperative pain and analgesic requirement in comparison with sham AA in patients after elective knee arthroplasty Design Prospective randomized controlled blinded clinical trial Participants: * Patients \< 80 und \> 50 years old * scheduled for knee arthroplasty under general anesthesia with \< 120 minutes duration * Without previous opioid medication * Able to give informed consent Outcome measures * Postoperative analgesic requirement * Incidence of side effects * Physiological parameters

Conditions

• Postoperative Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Auricular acupuncture	Auricular acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles at specific AA points
DEVICE	Sham auricular acupuncture	Sham auricular acupuncture (AA) with indwelling fixed needles applied at non-AA points

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-10-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2017-04-14
• Last updated: 2017-04-14