Auricular Acupuncture for Analgesia During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Auricular Acupuncture (AA) vs. Sham Acupuncture for Complementary Analgesia During Elective Total Hip Arthroplasty: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00334165

Enrollment

360

Registered

2006-06-06

Start date

2005-06-30

Completion date

2008-06-30

Last updated

2011-02-28

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Conditions

Acute Pain, Total Hip Arthroplasty

Brief summary

The aim is to investigate whether auricular acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture in relief of acute pain and in reduction of analgesics in patients during total hip arthroplasty

Interventions

PROCEDUREAuricular acupuncture (procedure)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

45 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with an American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status of I to III scheduled for elective hip arthroplasty because of degenerative osteoarthritis under general anesthesia. 2. Surgery time does not exceed 100 minutes. 3. Patients without previous opioid medication. 4. Patients ranged 45-85 years old. 5. Patients who have given informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnant or nursing females. 2. Recidivist alcoholics. 3. Local or systemic infection. 4. Age \< 45 and \> 85 years. 5. Surgery time more than 100 minutes. 6. Intraoperative complications (bleeding, required blood transfusion more than 4 units of packed cells , cardiovascular instability, required catecholamines). 7. Patients consumed opioid medication before surgery. 8. Patients with prosthetic or damaged cardiac valves. 9. Patients who are unable to understand the consent form. 10. History of psychiatric disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Intraoperative analgesics requirement	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

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