Battlefield Auricular Acupuncture During Adult Tonsillectomies and Effect of Post op Pain and Nausea

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tonsillitis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if auricular acupuncture significantly reduces post-operative pain in comparison to the standard of care. Post-operative pain score will be collected by subject self-report of pain according to the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) (0= no pain, 10 = worst imaginable pain) up to 10 days post-operation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02571075

Run by

Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management

People needed

95

Starts

2013-11-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-23

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All adults eighteen years of age or older having a tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy
• Anesthesiologist classification one to three

You may not qualify if…

• Chronic pain syndromes or pain symptoms lasting greater than three months or taking opioids on a daily basis for greater than four months
• Anesthesiologist classification four
• Prior neck or throat surgery
• Allergy to gold

Where it is running

• Womack Army Medical Center — Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States

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