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Auricular Acupuncture for Analgesia During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Acute Pain
Total Hip Arthroplasty
Registration Number
NCT00334165
Lead Sponsor
University Medicine Greifswald
Brief Summary

The aim is to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute pain and in reduction of analgesics in patients during total hip arthroplasty

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
360
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to III scheduled for elective hip arthroplasty because of degenerative osteoarthritis under general anesthesia.
  2. Surgery time does not exceed 100 minutes.
  3. Patients without previous opioid medication.
  4. Patients ranged 45-85 years old.
  5. Patients who have given informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Pregnant or nursing females.
  2. Recidivist alcoholics.
  3. Local or systemic infection.
  4. Age < 45 and > 85 years.
  5. Surgery time more than 100 minutes.
  6. Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 4 units of packed cells , cardiovascular instability, required catecholamines).
  7. Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery.
  8. Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves.
  9. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.
  10. History of psychiatric disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intraoperative analgesics requirement
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Ernst Moritz Arndt University

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Greifswald, Germany

University of Berlin, Campus Charite

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Berlin, Germany

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