Trials / Withdrawn
WithdrawnNCT05857020
Auricular Acupressure Therapy for Patients With IC/BPS
Battlefield Auricular Acupressure (BAApress) for Chronic Pain Management in Patients With Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS)
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 0 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of administering auricular acupressure for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), and evaluating the efficacy of auricular acupressure to reduce pain scores and decrease pain medication usage over time.
Detailed description
Eligible participants will be asked to complete baseline questionnaires. After completion, a study interventionist will place 10 adhesive acupressure pads/seeds on the participant's ears (5 on each ear). Each seed will be placed on a specific site on the ear believed to help with pain and overall well-being. Over the course of 5 days, participants will be asked to apply a small amount of manual pressure with their fingers to each of the ear pads and answer daily study questionnaires. This feasibility trial is being conducted in collaboration with the Battlefield Auricular Acupressure (BAApress) Training and Intervention Fidelity study (IRB00084011).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Auricular Acupressure | Auricular Acupressure (AA) utilizing all-natural vaccaria ear seeds will be applied to 5 designated sites on each participant's ear (total of 10 seeds placed per patient). Participants will be asked if they consent to having their ear placement photographed after placement (optional) and audio recorded during interventionist ear seed placement (optional) in collaboration with the BAApress training fidelity study. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-06-01
- Completion
- 2025-10-01
- First posted
- 2023-05-12
- Last updated
- 2024-07-30
Regulatory
- FDA-regulated device study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05857020. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.