Electro-acupuncture (EA) in Children Undergoing Procedures for Congenital Heart Defects.
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Defect
- Registration Number
- NCT03297658
- Lead Sponsor
- West Virginia University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 59
Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Patients 0-18 years of age undergoing procedures on their congenital heart defects<br> where an aortic cross clamp will be placed.<br><br>Additionally, patients with coarctation of the aorta for repair will be considered as a<br>separate group and eligible for enrollment.<br><br> - Willing to provide written Assent/Consent in English.<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Patients with skin lesions over more than 50% of EA sites.<br><br> - Patients in renal failure.<br><br> - Patients on chronic opioid therapy.<br><br> - Unwilling to provide written Assent/Consent in English.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in Troponin level
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluate the incidence and severity of pain in the post operative period;Evaluate Acute Kidney Injury
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