Auricular Acupuncture for Analgesia During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Overview

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

Full Title of Study: “Auricular Acupuncture (AA) vs. Sham Acupuncture for Complementary Analgesia During Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Randomized Controlled Trial”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: Double
  • Study Primary Completion Date: March 2007

Interventions

  • Procedure: Auricular acupuncture (procedure)

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Intraoperative analgesics requirement

Participating in This Clinical Trial

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.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 45 Years

Maximum Age: 85 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • University Medicine Greifswald
  • Collaborator
    • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Taras I Usichenko, M.D., Study Chair, Ernst Moritz Arndt University

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