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Acupuncture for Pain Control After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

RecruitingNAAges 19 Years - 55 YearsAllUniversity Medicine Greifswald
NCT04134702 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Aim of the study: To investigate whether acupuncture with indwelling fixed needles reduces pain and analgesic requirement and foster mobilization in patients after arthroscopic knee surgery (AKS) Design: Prospective pilot investigation with non-randomized arm Number of patients: N = 60 (30 patients with acupuncture additional to standard pain treatment (SPT) vs. 30 patients with SPT only Inclusion criteria: Adult patients scheduled to elective AKS in general anaesthesia with \< 80 min. duration Without previous opioid and psychotropic medication Given informed consentOutcome measures: Postoperative analgesic requirement; Pain intensity; Incidence of side effects; Physiological parameters; Mobilization score

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for elective ambulatory arthroscopic knee surgery under standardized general anesthesia 2. Surgery time does not exceed 80 minutes 3. Patients without previous opioid and psychotropic medication 4. Patients aged between 19 and 55 years, able to fill in the study questionnaire (Appendix F) 5. Patients who have given written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current psychiatric disease 2. Local skin infection at the sites of acupuncture 3. Aged \< 19 or \> 55 years 4. Failure to follow the standardized schema of general anaesthesia 5. Surgery time more than 80 minutes 6. Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 6 units of packed cells, cardiovascular instability, required catecholamines) 7. Patients who consumed opioid medication at least 6 months before surgery 8. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form or to fill in the study questionnaire.
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What it tests

  • Acupuncture
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Where

1 site
University Medicine of Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
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