Real-World Study of Acupuncture for Pain Control
Not yet recruitingNCT07454083
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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 goal of this observational study is to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of an acupuncture-first stepped care pathway for pain management in adults aged 18 years and older receiving routine outpatient clinical care for non-cancer-related pain conditions. The primary purpose is to describe episode-based clinical outcomes and care utilization patterns as they occur in standard practice. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What proportion of completed pain episodes achieve a clinically meaningful improvement, defined as a ≥50% reduction in pain intensity (Numeric Rating Scale or Visual Analog Scale) within an episode treatment window of up to 8 acupuncture visits? * What are the visit utilization patterns, time to clinically meaningful improvement, and care escalation patterns within an acupuncture-first stepped care pathway in routine outpatient practice? There is no comparison group. This study does not introduce or test a new intervention. All care is delivered as part of standard clinical practice. Participants will: * Receive acupuncture treatment as part of routine outpatient care * Undergo routine pain assessments (NRS/VAS) at each clinical visit * Participate in standard clinical follow-up as determined by usual care practices No additional research-specific visits, procedures, questionnaires, or interventions are introduced. Data analyzed in this study are derived from routine clinical documentation systems and are de-identified prior to analysis.
Study details
- Official title
- Qi's Clinic, Real-World Effectiveness of an Acupuncture-First Stepped Care Pathway for Pain Management: An Episode-Based Observational Study in Routine Outpatient Clinical Practice Supported by an ES-Enabled Clinical System
- Conditions
- Non-Cancer Pain,Musculoskeletal Pain,Chronic Pain,Acute Pain
- Interventions
- Procedure: Acupuncture-First Stepped Care Pathway (Routine Clinical Care)
- Sponsor
- Qi's Clinic
- Start date
- 2026-03-21
- Primary completion
- 2027-03-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 years or older * Patients presenting with non-cancer-related pain conditions * Patients receiving acupuncture as part of routine outpatient clinical care Exclusion Criteria: * Cancer-related pain conditions * Patients who opt out of research use of their clinical data
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07454083