The Use of Acupuncture in Potentiating Functional Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury Subjects
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 69
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Compare pain assessments in patients with SCI treated with acupuncture to patients treated per standard of care alone to assess for efficacy and durability of the effect on pain following SCI.
研究概览
简要总结
Of the more than 250,000 Americans with severe spinal cord injury (SCI), 42,000 are military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest single network of SCI care providers in the nation. Patients with SCI experience functional disabilities as well as chronic pain. Studies show that individuals with SCI report pain refractory to conventional treatments. Civilian and veteran patients with SCI have associated pain with impairments in physical and cognitive function, sleep, employment, social relationships, community re-integration and quality of life. In a survey of individuals with SCI, those who used acupuncture experienced a reduction of pain symptoms lasting hours after treatment, with 27.3% reporting pain relief for days. A pilot study on the use of auricular acupuncture for neuropathic pain associated with SCI showed a greater reduction of pain as measured by the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). A recent review of randomized controlled trials regarding the use of acupuncture in SCI found that only two of sixteen included studies were of high quality. There was limited evidence for the use of acupuncture in motor functional recovery, bladder function recovery, and in pain control related to SCI. Further high quality studies are needed. This proposal is for a phase II randomized clinical trial.
详细描述
Objective/Hypothesis:
Our overarching hypothesis is that acupuncture is beneficial following acute traumatic SCI with respect to severity of neuropathic pain syndromes, patient-perceived quality of life measures, and functional outcomes. The current literature suggests that acupuncture may improve upon traditional pharmacological treatment results for SCI related pain, and that patients are seeking improved pain management in order to improve their quality of life. While data is limited, there may also be improvement in motor functional recovery with the use of acupuncture. We do know that SCI related pain limits patient participation in rehabilitation, thus advances in the management of SCI related pain is a priority in SCI research in order to improve outcomes after SCI.
Specific Aims:
Specific Aim 1: To determine whether patients treated with acupuncture started during acute care have better immediate and long-term pain scores and decreases in self-reported pain interference.
Specific Aim 2: To determine whether patients treated with acupuncture started during acute care will have better overall quality of life measurements and improvements in self-reported well-being and resilience.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age between 18 and 75
- •complete (AIS A) or incomplete SCI (AIS B-D) of the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spine from blunt or penetrating trauma
- •ability to understand verbal and written English
排除标准
- •a history of peripheral neuropathy
- •medical diagnoses or conditions that preclude them from active participation (for example, moderate or severe traumatic brain injury)
- •receipt of acupuncture in the last three months prior to enrollment
- •presence of skin breakdown or infection over the extremities or external ears
- •active participation in other research studies
- •cognitive impairment that prevents understanding the test instructions
- •active duty military personnel
- •individuals who do not speak or understand the English language
研究组 & 干预措施
Control group
Participants who are randomized to the control group will not receive any acupuncture. Participants will however be assessed weekly to obtain the same data on their pain scale and other outcome measures as the treatment group. Participants will be evaluated in person during their standard of care clinical follow up appointments at the three month and six month points for in person interviews and data collection .
干预措施: Acupuncture (Other)
treatment group
Participants within the acupuncture treatment group will receive traditional body acupuncture with electrical stimulation for 30 minutes three times a week, additionally participants will also receive auricular acupuncture once a week with the needles retained in both ears for seven days and replaced the following week, for a total of eight weeks (24 treatments of conventional acupuncture, 8 treatments of auricular acupuncture). Pain Numeric Rating Score (NRS) will be evaluated by the research staff before and after each treatment. All participants will then be reevaluated with the described assessment tools at three months and again at six months. Acupuncturists will not participate in the three and six month evaluations of subjects.
干预措施: Acupuncture (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Compare pain assessments in patients with SCI treated with acupuncture to patients treated per standard of care alone to assess for efficacy and durability of the effect on pain following SCI.
时间窗: within 3 months following hospital discharge
All enrolled patients will be evaluated using the complete ISNCSCI examination. Information about neuropathic pain will be scored using the ISCIPBDS (version 2.0) and ISCIPEDS. A SCI-QOL will be administered during the three month reevaluations to assess the patient's perceived quality of life. In the intervening weeks a select few ISCIPBDS items will be administered on a weekly basis until study completion.
次要结局
- Compare pain assessments in patients with SCI treated with acupuncture to patients treated per standard of care alone to assess for efficacy and durability of the effect on pain following SCI.(within 6 months following hospital discharge)
研究者
Deborah Stein
Chief of Trauma, Medical Director, Neurotrauma Critical Care
University of Maryland, Baltimore