Acupuncture for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): A Feasibility Study
TerminatedNot applicableNCT04156399
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The investigators long-term goal is to demonstrate the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of adults with chronic pain due to sickle cell disease (SCD), a debilitating pain syndrome characterized by acute and chronic pain. The objective of this study is to explore the feasibility and acceptability of acupuncture with adult patients with SCD. All participants will receive acupuncture treatments twice per week for 5 weeks. Subjects will complete measures at baseline and post-treatment, and a measure of study acceptability at post-treatment. The investigators will describe the procedures and potential challenges to implementing the acupuncture protocol, and expect to identify and rectify any procedural problems that subjects report regarding the 10-session study protocol.
Study details
- Official title
- Acupuncture for Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): A Feasibility Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Start date
- 2020-01-15
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults with Sickle Cell Disease * Receiving care at the University of Illinois Sickle Cell Disease clinic * Moderate to severe level of pain (3 or higher on a 0-10 scale) within the last 3 months Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Physically or cognitively unable to complete the study procedures
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04156399