Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy

Auricular Acupuncture Versus Placebo (Sham Acupuncture) for Postoperative Pain Relief After Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00233857

Enrollment

120

Registered

2005-10-06

Start date

2003-08-31

Completion date

2004-08-31

Last updated

2011-02-28

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Conditions

Postoperative Pain

Keywords

Acute pain, postoperative pain, auricular acupuncture

Brief summary

The aim was to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute postoperative pain and in reduction of analgesics consumption on demand and their side effects in patients after ambulatory knee arthroscopy

Interventions

PROCEDUREAuricular acupuncture

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to II scheduled for ambulatory knee arthroscopy under general anesthesia. 2. Surgery time does not exceed 60 minutes. 3. Patients without previous opioid and/or psychiatric medication. 4. Patients ranged 16-65 years old. 5. Patients able to use Visual Analogue Scale-100 for pain intensity measurement. 6. Patients who have given informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant or nursing females. 2. Recidivist alcoholics and/or patients with history of psychiatric disease. 3. Local or systemic infection. 4. Age \< 16 and \> 65 years. 5. Surgery time more than 60 minutes. 6. Inability to use Visual Analogue Scale-100. 7. Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery. 8. Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves (s. Potential risks) 9. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Postoperative ibuprofen requirement after the surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain intensity assessed by patients on VAS-100 ; total piritramide requirement in anesthesia recovery room; incidence of analgesia-related side effects	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026