Acupuncture for Pain Management During Uterine Aspiration

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Pain Acute, Acupuncture

In brief

The proposed study will be a randomized, double blinded, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of auricular acupuncture as adjunct for pain management during abortion. Women seeking first trimester uterine aspiration procedure who enroll in the study will be randomized to receive: 1) auricular acupuncture using pyonex needles, 2) placebo using an adhesive, 3) or routine care. Both participants and the treating physician will be unaware of treatment assignment. The primary outcome will compare the maximum pain score as measured by the visual analog scale (VAS) between the auricular acupuncture group and the routine care group. The secondary outcome will compare the maximum pain score between placebo group to the routine care group. The study will also investigate patient satisfaction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03391986

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

153

Starts

2017-09-09

Expected to finish

2018-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 55. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English- or Spanish-speaking women
• Age 18 or older
• Seeking first trimester suction aspiration for undesired pregnancy, early pregnancy failure, retained products of conception, or molar pregnancy
• Intrauterine pregnancy with gestational age less than or equal to 12 weeks and 6 days
• Willingness to receive acupuncture and be randomized in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to adhesives
• Allergy to or cannot receive ibuprofen or 1% lidocaine
• Congenital anomalies of the ear including anotia and microtia

Where it is running

• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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