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Acupuncture for Pre-Procedure Anxiety

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03480919

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Official title

Shen Men Acupuncture for Anxiety Preceding Lumbar Epidural Injections in Acupuncture-naive Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief summary

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It is common for patients undergoing spinal injections to report anxiety prior to the injection. Although sedation, general anesthesia, and medications can be used to reduce anxiety, the use of sedative agents during the procedure can increase the risk of spinal cord injury. The purpose of this study is to see if receiving acupuncture before a spinal injection can effectively reduce patients' anxiety. Only patients who are scheduled to receive a spinal injection at this institution will be eligible for the study.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03480919
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
4 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device · Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Mar 19, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2018
Completion
Jul 30, 2018
Last update posted
Nov 11, 2019

2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Hospital for Special Surgery New York New York 10021

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