NCT07336303

The Effect of Auriculotherapy on the Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Outpatient Rhizarthrosis Surgery

Comparative Study on the Effect of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Postoperative Pain in Outpatient Surgery: Rhizarthrosis PARALLEL COMPARATIVE STUDY RANDOMIZED AND DOUBLE-BLIND

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Clinique Bizet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Auriculotherapy has demonstrated promising potential in the management of postoperative pain. Additionally, one study reported encouraging outcomes regarding the reduction of anxiety levels among patients in primary healthcare settings. Nevertheless, further high-quality research is required to substantiate these findings and to support the integration of auriculotherapy into standardized therapeutic protocols. The objective of this prospective, comparative, double-blind study is to assess the efficacy of auricular acupuncture in the management of postoperative pain following outpatient prosthetic surgery for rhizarthrosis

Conditions

• Thumb Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	outpatient prosthetic surgery for rhizarthrosis.	surgery / procedures : Outpatient surgery (thumb osteoarthritis). On the day of the procedure, the patient arrives on an outpatient basis, is positioned on a stretcher, and is then taken to the pre-anesthesia room where regional anesthesia is performed. The block is carried out under ultrasound guidance following a standardized protocol. The patient is then transferred to the operating room, where the tourniquet is applied. The surgical technique is endoscopic, following the AGEE method. At the end of the procedure, the surgeon places two or three absorbable sutures (4/0 or 5/0) on the thinnest areas of skin. The sutures are then covered with a dressing.
OTHER	real auricolothery	3 days before the intervention, patients will have an auriculotherapy session with an experimental group
OTHER	sham auriculotherapy	3 days before the intervention, patients will have an auriculotherapy session with an sham group

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-02-01
• Primary completion: 2027-01-01
• Completion: 2027-02-01
• First posted: 2026-01-13
• Last updated: 2026-02-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France