Translational Research Examining Acupuncture Treatment in Traumatic Brain Injury

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Traumatic Brain Injury

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of acupuncture on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and blood biomarkers during the acute 10-day window following traumatic brain injury, to determine if those changes correlate with changes in biomarkers of brain health, neuropsychological testing, and symptomatic presentation.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02623218
Run by: AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine
People needed: 22
Starts: 2015-11-01
Expected to finish: 2016-05-01
Last updated by the study team: 2020-01-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Age 18-50
Documented TBI (for TBI-ACUP and TBI-SHAM arms)
Visual acuity and hearing adequate for outcomes testing
Fluency in English
Ability to provide informed consent
Acupuncture naïve

You may not qualify if…

Significant polytrauma that may interfere with follow-up and outcome assessment
Patients with major debilitating baseline mental health disorders that would interfere with the validity of outcome assessment due to TBI
Patients on psychiatric hold
Patients with major debilitating baseline neurological diseases impairing baseline awareness, cognition, or validity of outcome assessment due to TBI
Significant history of pre-existing conditions that would interfere with the likelihood of follow-up and validity of outcome assessment due to TBI
Pregnancy in female subjects
Prisoners or patients in custody
Current participation in an observational or intervention trial for TBI
Non-English speakers

Where it is running

Healing Response Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine — Dallas, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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