Status:

COMPLETED

Auricular Acupuncture for Analgesia During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Lead Sponsor:

University Medicine Greifswald

Collaborating Sponsors:

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Conditions:

Acute Pain

Total Hip Arthroplasty

Eligibility:

All Genders

45-85 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

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

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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.
  • Surgery time does not exceed 100 minutes.
  • Patients without previous opioid medication.
  • Patients ranged 45-85 years old.
  • Patients who have given informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or nursing females.
  • Recidivist alcoholics.
  • Local or systemic infection.
  • Age \< 45 and \> 85 years.
  • Surgery time more than 100 minutes.
  • Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 4 units of packed cells , cardiovascular instability, required catecholamines).
  • Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery.
  • Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves.
  • Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.
  • History of psychiatric disease.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

360 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00334165

Start Date

June 1 2005

End Date

June 1 2008

Last Update

February 28 2011

Active Locations (2)

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1

University of Berlin, Campus Charite

Berlin, Germany, 10117

2

Ernst Moritz Arndt University

Greifswald, Germany, 17475