- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03397212
Treatment of Withdrawal Symptoms With NADA Acupuncture in Chronic Pain Patients
January 5, 2018 updated by: Romanas Polianskis, Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Assessment of NADA Acupuncture for Treatment of Withdrawal Symptoms During Gradual Opioid Withdrawal in Chronic Pain Patients
This project aims at examining the following hypotheses:
- Treatment with NADA and clonidine reduces intensity of withdrawal symptoms to a greater extent than treatment with clonidine.
- Opioid withdrawal improves pain, physical and mental functioning and reduces opioid consumption 3 months and 1 year after withdrawal.
Study Overview
Status
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
50
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Romanas Polianskis, MD
- Phone Number: +45 35455233
- Email: romanas.polianskis@regionh.dk
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Jette Højsted, MD
- Phone Number: +45 35457383
- Email: jette.hoejsted@regionh.dk
Study Locations
-
-
-
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
- Rigshospitalet
-
-
Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chronic pain patients treated with opioids over 3 months
- The patient's doctor or nurse assesses that there is an indication to opioid withdrawal and / or the patient wishes to withdraw.
- The patient is motivated for opioid withdrawal
- The patient has experienced withdrawal symptoms
- The patient must be able to understand, speak and write Danish
- The patient must be able to transport himself to the pain center
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children under 18 years old
- External ear infection
- Treatment with benzodiazepines.
- Active substance abuse and alcohol abuse.
- Contraindications for treatment with clonidine:
- Allergy
- Bradyarrhythmias caused by diseased sinus cube or AV block of 2nd or 3rd grade.
- lactose intolerance
- Heart failure
- High medullary damage
- Cardiac conduction disturbances
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
---|---|
Experimental: NADA and Clonidine
NADA acupuncture and treatment with tbl Clonidine
|
Ear acupuncture protocol described by National Acupuncture Detoxification Association
|
Sham Comparator: Sham acupuncture and Clonidine
Sham ear acupuncture and treatment with tbl Clonidine
|
Ear acupuncture using inactive sham points
|
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Change in intensity of withdrawal symptoms
Time Frame: 3 months and 1 year
|
Change in intensity of withdrawal symptoms assessed with Danish withdrawal symptom questionnaire
|
3 months and 1 year
|
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Change in quality of life assessed with SF36
Time Frame: 3 months and 1 year
|
Change in quality of life assessed with SF36
|
3 months and 1 year
|
Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
January 15, 2018
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
January 15, 2022
Study Completion (Anticipated)
January 15, 2024
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 29, 2017
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 5, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
January 11, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
January 11, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 5, 2018
Last Verified
January 1, 2018
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 59065
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
No
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.
Clinical Trials on Chronic Pain
-
Pain ConcernThe Thistle Foundation; Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and other collaboratorsCompletedChronic Pain | Chronic Pain Syndrome | Chronic Pain, Widespread | Chronic Pain Due to Trauma | Chronic Pain Due to Malignancy (Finding) | Chronic Pain Due to Injury | Chronic Pain Post-Procedural | Chronic Pain HipUnited Kingdom
-
Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i GarrafRecruitingChronic Post Operative Pain | Chronic Post-surgical Pain | Chronic Knee PainSpain
-
Dow University of Health SciencesRecruitingLow Back Pain | Chronic Low-back Pain | Low Back Pain, Mechanical | Mechanical Low Back Pain | Pain, Chronic | Pain, Back | Lower Back Pain Chronic | CLBP - Chronic Low Back PainPakistan
-
University of Alabama, TuscaloosaPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; East Carolina University; Whatley...CompletedPain | Chronic Pain | Chronic Pain Syndrome | Widespread Chronic Pain | Chronic Pain Due to InjuryUnited States
-
University of UtahRecruitingChronic Pain | Chronic Pain Syndrome | Widespread Chronic PainUnited States
-
Atatürk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training...RecruitingPostoperative Pain | Thoracotomy | Postoperative Pain, Acute | Postoperative Pain, ChronicTurkey
-
Evolve Restorative CenterFlowonix Medical; Celéri Health, Inc.; Advanced Infusion SolutionsCompletedPain, Chronic | Pain, Intractable | Chronic Nonmalignant PainUnited States
-
Assiut UniversityNot yet recruiting
-
Vastra Gotaland RegionActive, not recruitingPain, Chronic | Widespread Chronic PainSweden
-
Washington University School of MedicineCompletedHip Pain Chronic | Back Pain | Chronic Pain | Knee Pain ChronicUnited States
Clinical Trials on NADA acupuncture
-
Örebro Läns LandstingCompletedSleep | Anxiety | Substance AbuseSweden
-
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTerminated
-
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterRecruitingDepression | Parkinson Disease | Stress | AnxietyUnited States
-
The Brooklyn Hospital CenterWithdrawn
-
Federal University of São PauloCompleted
-
University of ZurichCharite University, Berlin, Germany; First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University...CompletedExperimental Dental PainSwitzerland
-
University of SkövdeCompleted
-
National Research Centre of Complementary and Alternative...Norwegian Acupuncture CollegeUnknown
-
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChongqing Medical University; Hunan University of Traditional Chinese MedicineCompletedFunctional Dyspepsia | Postprandial Distress SyndromeChina
-
Chang Gung Memorial HospitalRecruitingIntracranial HemorrhagesTaiwan