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treatment group for Spinal Cord Injury

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Waitlist Available
Led By Deborah Stein, MD, MPH
Research Sponsored by University of Maryland, Baltimore
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up within 6 months following hospital discharge
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Study Summary

This trial will test the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating pain in veterans with spinal cord injury.

Eligible Conditions
  • Spinal Cord Injury

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~within 6 months following hospital discharge
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and within 6 months following hospital discharge for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Secondary outcome measures
Pain

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Placebo Group
Group I: treatment groupActive Control1 Intervention
Participants within the acupuncture treatment group will receive traditional body acupuncture with electrical stimulation for 30 minutes three times a week, additionally participants will also receive auricular acupuncture once a week with the needles retained in both ears for seven days and replaced the following week, for a total of eight weeks (24 treatments of conventional acupuncture, 8 treatments of auricular acupuncture). Pain Numeric Rating Score (NRS) will be evaluated by the research staff before and after each treatment. All participants will then be reevaluated with the described assessment tools at three months and again at six months. Acupuncturists will not participate in the three and six month evaluations of subjects.
Group II: Control groupPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Participants who are randomized to the control group will not receive any acupuncture. Participants will however be assessed weekly to obtain the same data on their pain scale and other outcome measures as the treatment group. Participants will be evaluated in person during their standard of care clinical follow up appointments at the three month and six month points for in person interviews and data collection .

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Who is running the clinical trial?

United States Department of DefenseFED
867 Previous Clinical Trials
327,293 Total Patients Enrolled
University of Maryland, BaltimoreLead Sponsor
692 Previous Clinical Trials
376,795 Total Patients Enrolled
Deborah Stein, MD, MPHPrincipal Investigator - Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chief of Trauma R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Medical School - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
2 Previous Clinical Trials
354 Total Patients Enrolled
~10 spots leftby Jun 2025
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