NCT03397212

Treatment of Withdrawal Symptoms With NADA Acupuncture in Chronic Pain Patients

Assessment of NADA Acupuncture for Treatment of Withdrawal Symptoms During Gradual Opioid Withdrawal in Chronic Pain Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project aims at examining the following hypotheses: * Treatment with NADA and clonidine reduces intensity of withdrawal symptoms to a greater extent than treatment with clonidine. * Opioid withdrawal improves pain, physical and mental functioning and reduces opioid consumption 3 months and 1 year after withdrawal.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain
• Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	NADA acupuncture	Ear acupuncture protocol described by National Acupuncture Detoxification Association
OTHER	Sham acupuncture	Ear acupuncture using inactive sham points

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-15
• Primary completion: 2022-01-15
• Completion: 2024-01-15
• First posted: 2018-01-11
• Last updated: 2018-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark