Battlefield Acupuncture to Treat Pain in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Pain Numerical Rating Score
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will investigate battlefield acupuncture as a treatment for the pain of hidradenitis suppurativa.
详细描述
Participants will report their pain level daily for 4 weeks. At week 2 and 3, they will get acupuncture in the ears.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Participants will not know whether they got battlefield acupuncture or sham acupuncture
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •age 18 years or older
- •dermatologist-confirmed diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
- •significant pain from hidradenitis at least twice weekly
- •stable treatment regimen for hidradenitis during study period
排除标准
- •disease or disfigurement of the ear that prevents battlefield acupuncture of the ears
- •other chronic pain that will interfere with the ability to rate hidradenitis pain
研究组 & 干预措施
Treatment
2 treatments of battlefield acupuncture to the bilateral ears spaced one week apart
干预措施: Battlefield Acupuncture (Procedure)
Control
2 treatments with sham acupuncture to the bilateral ears at acupuncture points not associated with pain relief (2 liver and 1 stomach)
干预措施: Sham Acupuncture (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Pain Numerical Rating Score
时间窗: Average Score from scores Recorded daily for 4 weeks
Difference in Average Patient self-reported Pain Numerical Rating Score from 0-10, comparing average from 2 weeks prior to treatment with average from 2 weeks after treatment
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Steven D Daveluy
Associate Professor
Wayne State University