Recruiting

Battlefield Acupuncture

Sponsor:

Wayne State University

Code:

NCT04218422

Conditions

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Battlefield Acupuncture

Sham Acupuncture

Study Details

Brief summary:

The investigators will investigate battlefield acupuncture as a treatment for the pain of hidradenitis suppurativa.

Conditions

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Study ID

NCT04218422

Start date

Jan 22, 2020

Status verified date

May, 2023

Completion date

Feb 20, 2031

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 23, 2030

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 18 years or older
  • dermatologist-confirmed diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
  • significant pain from hidradenitis at least twice weekly
  • stable treatment regimen for hidradenitis during study period

Exclusion Criteria:

  • disease or disfigurement of the ear that prevents battlefield acupuncture of the ears
  • other chronic pain that will interfere with the ability to rate hidradenitis pain

Study Design

Enrollment

32 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Treatment

2 treatments of battlefield acupuncture to the bilateral ears spaced one week apart

sham comparator: Control

2 treatments with sham acupuncture to the bilateral ears at acupuncture points not associated with pain relief (2 liver and 1 stomach)

Interventions

Battlefield Acupuncture

Acupuncture at 5 points on the ears

Sham Acupuncture

Sham acupuncture in 2 points for liver and 1 point for stomach

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in Pain Numerical Rating Score [ Time Frame: Average Score from scores Recorded daily for 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

WSUPG Dermatology

Recruiting

Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48124

Contacts

Steven D Daveluy

313-429-7854sdaveluy@med.wayne.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Wayne State University

Last update posted

May 16, 2023

Last verified

May, 2023

Keywords

  • acupuncture
  • pain
  • battlefield acupuncture
  • hidradenitis

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Wayne State University on 2023-05-16.