Acupuncture and Post-Surgical Wound Healing

Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Postoperative Complications, Surgical Wound Infection, Surgical Wound Dehiscence

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if acupuncture improves wound healing. Since we, the investigators at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), know that how much oxygen is delivered to tissue is the best predictor of how well a wound will heal, we are measuring changes in tissue oxygen of wounds before and after acupuncture treatments. We are focusing on the leg wounds of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients who have their saphenous veins harvested in an open fashion since this is a fairly well controlled patient model.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00260494

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

65

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-07-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (age > 18)
• Males/females
• All races
• Elective/urgent CABG
• Open saphenous vein graft harvest
• University of California, San Francisco, and additional approved hospital sites

You may not qualify if…

• Pre-operative
• Emergent CABG, valves
• History of peripheral vascular surgery, amputation, severe peripheral neuropathy, immunocompromise, or end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis
• Post-operative
• Postoperative day 1 (POD1) hemodynamic instability
• ≥ 4u packed red blood cells transfusion (PRBC)/8 hours, CT > 200cc/hour 3 hours, > 2 pressors
• Prolonged intubation (> POD1)
• Altered mental status

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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