Confirming the Effects of Acupuncture Treatments to Relieve Symptoms of Gulf War Illness
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Brief summary
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This unblinded Phase II clinical trial will test the effects of individualized acupuncture treatments offered in extant acupuncture practices in the community; practitioners will have had at least 5 years of experience plus additional training provided by the study. Veterans with diagnosed symptoms of Gulf War Illness will be randomized to either six months of biweekly acupuncture treatments (group 1, n=100) or 2 months of waitlist followed by weekly acupuncture treatments (group 2, n=100). Measurements were taken at baseline, 2, 4 and 6 months. The primary outcome is the SF-36 physical component scale score (SF-36P).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06716411
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 200 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Feb 2, 2026
- Primary completion
- Sep 29, 2027
- Completion
- Sep 29, 2028
- Last update posted
- Apr 2, 2026
2026 – 2028
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 8
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | California | 94720 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Los Angeles | California | 90015 | Recruiting |
| Various | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 80911 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Denver | Colorado | 80203 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Tampa | Florida | 33762 | Recruiting |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Dallas | Texas | 75231 | Recruiting |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84111 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Fairfax | Virginia | 23235 | Not yet recruiting |
| Various | Seattle | Washington | 98116 | Not yet recruiting |
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 2, 2026 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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