{"id":"sham-needle","safety":{"commonSideEffects":[]},"_chembl":{"chemblId":"CHEMBL2108443","moleculeType":"Unknown"},"_dailymed":null,"mechanism":{"_ai_source":"groq-llama-8b","explanation":"The Sham Needle is designed to mimic the sensation of receiving an injection, but without actually administering a treatment. This allows researchers to compare the effects of the actual treatment to a control group, providing valuable data on its efficacy and safety.","oneSentence":"Sham Needle is used to create a placebo effect in clinical trials.","_ai_confidence":"high"},"_scrapedAt":"2026-03-28T01:34:09.218Z","_scrapedBy":"cloudflare-swarm","_wikipedia":null,"indications":{"approved":[{"name":"Clinical trials for various conditions"}]},"trialDetails":[{"nctId":"NCT06912633","phase":"PHASE2","title":"Safety of a Single, Intravitreal Injection of 6.0M jCell (Famzeretcel) in Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"jCyte, Inc","startDate":"2025-06-20","conditions":"Retinitis Pigmentosa","enrollment":60},{"nctId":"NCT07496528","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture for Colorectal sUrgery Recovery Enhancement: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Gastrointestinal Functional Recovery After Minimally Invasive Resection","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Chang Gung Memorial Hospital","startDate":"2026-04-01","conditions":"Colorectal Neoplasms, Ileus Postoperative, Postoperative Complication","enrollment":240},{"nctId":"NCT07254806","phase":"PHASE3","title":"A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of IDCT (Intradiscal Cell Therapy) in Subjects With One Level, Symptomatic Mild to Moderate Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"DiscGenics, Inc.","startDate":"2025-12-23","conditions":"Degenerative Disc Disease","enrollment":162},{"nctId":"NCT06875102","phase":"NA","title":"Fatigue in Sjögren's Syndrome: 3 Therapeutic Strategies","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne","startDate":"2026-03-24","conditions":"Sjogren Syndrome","enrollment":174},{"nctId":"NCT07496580","phase":"NA","title":"Efficacy Evaluation of Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Functional Dyspepsia, Electroacupuncture","enrollment":105},{"nctId":"NCT07494162","phase":"NA","title":"Imaging Metabolic and Perfusion Changes in Acupuncture Therapy for Myofascial Pain Syndrome","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"University of California, Davis","startDate":"2026-04","conditions":"Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS), Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)","enrollment":64},{"nctId":"NCT07492108","phase":"NA","title":"Neuromodulation With Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"The Cleveland Clinic","startDate":"2026-01-08","conditions":"Gastroparesis Like Symptoms","enrollment":140},{"nctId":"NCT07390981","phase":"NA","title":"Intradermal Acupuncture for Assisting SSRI Dose Reduction in Major Depressive Disorder","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"First People's Hospital of Hangzhou","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Major Depressive Disorder","enrollment":114},{"nctId":"NCT07123883","phase":"NA","title":"Dry Needling for Temporomandibular Disorder","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Atlas University","startDate":"2025-07-28","conditions":"TMD/Orofacial Pain, Muscle Spasm","enrollment":40},{"nctId":"NCT07042074","phase":"NA","title":"Use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Needle Phobia","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Stanford University","startDate":"2026-05-01","conditions":"Needle Phobia, Virtual Reality, Cognitive Behavior Treatment","enrollment":20},{"nctId":"NCT07294339","phase":"NA","title":"A Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Management of Hot Flashes in Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Peking University People's Hospital","startDate":"2026-04-01","conditions":"Acupuncture Treatment, Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer, Hot Flashes","enrollment":60},{"nctId":"NCT07483320","phase":"NA","title":"Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and Platelet-Rich Plasma for Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital","startDate":"2026-04-01","conditions":"Achilles Injuries Tendon, Achilles Tendinopathy (AT), Achilles Tendinitis, Left Leg","enrollment":100},{"nctId":"NCT07481903","phase":"NA","title":"Effect of Acupuncture on Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster in Breast Cancer Survivors","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","startDate":"2026-04","conditions":"Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster(Pain, Insomnia, Anxiety, Fatigue, Depression, Subjective Cognitive Decline), Pain, Insomnia","enrollment":228},{"nctId":"NCT06978816","phase":"NA","title":"Ear Pressure Points Plus Pain Meds for Faster Kidney Stone Pain Relief","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Gao Xiaofeng","startDate":"2025-06-01","conditions":"Renal Colic, Acupuncture, Ear","enrollment":116},{"nctId":"NCT06946290","phase":"NA","title":"Intertransverse Process Block to Improve Quality of Recovery and Pain Management in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Chinese University of Hong Kong","startDate":"2026-01-02","conditions":"Chronic Postsurgical Pain","enrollment":96},{"nctId":"NCT06176352","phase":"PHASE3","title":"A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Faricimab in Patients With Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Hoffmann-La Roche","startDate":"2024-03-06","conditions":"Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia","enrollment":280},{"nctId":"NCT04592445","phase":"NA","title":"Endovascular Ablation of the Right Greater Splanchnic Nerve in Subjects Having HFpEF","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Axon Therapies, Inc.","startDate":"2020-12-18","conditions":"Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF","enrollment":150},{"nctId":"NCT06818175","phase":"NA","title":"Physical Exam, Static & Dynamic Ultrasound Assessment, & Treatment of Thoracolumbar Fascia (TLF) Mediated Low Back Pain","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine","startDate":"2023-09-01","conditions":"Low Back Pain, Chronic Low-back Pain, Acute Low Back Pain","enrollment":200},{"nctId":"NCT06353529","phase":"PHASE4","title":"Postop Pain Management in Pituitary Tumour Patients","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation","startDate":"2024-11-25","conditions":"Pituitary, Pain, Postoperative","enrollment":108},{"nctId":"NCT05901571","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture and Escitalopram for Treating Major Depression Clinical Study","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Shanghai 7th People's Hospital","startDate":"2026-11","conditions":"Depressive Disorder, Major","enrollment":216},{"nctId":"NCT06783504","phase":"NA","title":"Effect Of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation on Symptom Control/Nervous System Activity in Patients w/Diabetes Types 1/2","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Indiana University","startDate":"2026-02-10","conditions":"Diabetes, Gastroparesis","enrollment":60},{"nctId":"NCT06528470","phase":"NA","title":"Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation for Children With Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","startDate":"2020-01-09","conditions":"Constipation, Fecal Incontinence in Children, Pelvic Floor Dyssynergia","enrollment":40},{"nctId":"NCT07456735","phase":"PHASE4","title":"Comparison of the Effectiveness of Dry Needling Versus the Combination of Dry Needling and Local Anesthetic Injection in Myofascial Pain Syndrome of the Upper Trapezius Muscle: A Sham-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Emre Ata, Assoc Prof","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Myofascial Pain of Upper Trapezius Muscle","enrollment":90},{"nctId":"NCT06977932","phase":"NA","title":"The Alternative Effects of Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Yuanyuan Wu","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Trigeminal Neuralgia","enrollment":126},{"nctId":"NCT03861923","phase":"NA","title":"Dry Needling for Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis","status":"TERMINATED","sponsor":"Duke University","startDate":"2020-10-13","conditions":"Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis, Shoulder Pain, Frozen Shoulder","enrollment":10},{"nctId":"NCT07444450","phase":"PHASE3","title":"A Study to Learn About the Safety and Effects of Salanersen (BIIB115) When Given to Babies With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Who Were Previously Treated With Onasemnogene Abeparvovec","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Biogen","startDate":"2026-09-04","conditions":"Muscular Atrophy, Spinal","enrollment":42},{"nctId":"NCT02652780","phase":"PHASE3","title":"Efficacy Study of GS010 for Treatment of Vision Loss From 7 Months to 1 Year From Onset in LHON Due to the ND4 Mutation (REVERSE)","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"GenSight Biologics","startDate":"2016-01","conditions":"Optic, Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber","enrollment":37},{"nctId":"NCT02652767","phase":"PHASE3","title":"Efficacy Study of GS010 for the Treatment of Vision Loss up to 6 Months From Onset in LHON Due to the ND4 Mutation","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"GenSight Biologics","startDate":"2016-02-23","conditions":"Optic, Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber","enrollment":39},{"nctId":"NCT03406104","phase":"PHASE3","title":"RESCUE and REVERSE Long-term Follow-up","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"GenSight Biologics","startDate":"2018-01-09","conditions":"Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy","enrollment":62},{"nctId":"NCT01931696","phase":"NA","title":"Clinical Assessment of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Asthma","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","startDate":"2013-08","conditions":"Asthma","enrollment":200},{"nctId":"NCT07435610","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture Therapy for Pediatric Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Children's Hospital of Orange County","startDate":"2026-01-08","conditions":"Disorders of Gut-brain Interaction","enrollment":96},{"nctId":"NCT02086890","phase":"NA","title":"Electro-acupuncture and Transcorneal Electrical Stimulation (TES) for Retinitis Pigmentosa","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Nova Southeastern University","startDate":"2014-08-13","conditions":"Retinitis Pigmentosa","enrollment":21},{"nctId":"NCT02589938","phase":"NA","title":"Trial of Acupuncture for Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Wake Forest University Health Sciences","startDate":"2012-11-11","conditions":"Radiation-Induced Xerostomia, Head and Neck Cancer, Radiation Toxicity","enrollment":258},{"nctId":"NCT07247721","phase":"NA","title":"Transcutaneous vs Percutaneous Electrical Stimulation of the Radial Nerve","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"University of Castilla-La Mancha","startDate":"2026-01-15","conditions":"Pain Modulation, Sensorimotor Function, Nerve Stimulation","enrollment":120},{"nctId":"NCT06778447","phase":"NA","title":"Clinical Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Nucleus Pulposus Allograft in Participants With Degenerative Disc Disease","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"VIVEX Biologics, Inc.","startDate":"2025-02-17","conditions":"Degenerative Disc Disease, Disc Degeneration, Lumbar Discogenic Pain","enrollment":496},{"nctId":"NCT06429501","phase":"PHASE2","title":"Local Anesthesia for Facial Fractures","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Washington University School of Medicine","startDate":"2024-04-02","conditions":"Pain Management","enrollment":70},{"nctId":"NCT06769061","phase":"NA","title":"The Use of Acupuncture to Reduce Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Gynaecological Cancer Patients","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Karen Kar Loen CHAN","startDate":"2025-02-12","conditions":"Gynaecological, Urological or Rectal Cancer, Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Acupuncture","enrollment":75},{"nctId":"NCT05277948","phase":"NA","title":"Effect of Thumbtack Needle (TN) on Ovarian Reserve Function of Women With Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR)","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Dongmei Huang","startDate":"2021-10-18","conditions":"Diminished Ovarian Reserve","enrollment":240},{"nctId":"NCT02890485","phase":"NA","title":"The Effects of Dry Needling on Patients With Knee Pain","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Ohio State University","startDate":"2016-08","conditions":"Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome","enrollment":120},{"nctId":"NCT07423377","phase":"NA","title":"Vestibular Innovation in Pain 2","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai","startDate":"2026-02","conditions":"Fibromyalgia, Nociplastic Pain","enrollment":56},{"nctId":"NCT07423715","phase":"NA","title":"Key Technical Research on the Treatment of Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment With Brain Electric Field Therapy Based on Acupoint Regulation","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University","startDate":"2026-02-10","conditions":"Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment","enrollment":110},{"nctId":"NCT04967170","phase":"PHASE1, PHASE2","title":"A Study to Evaluate Platelet Rich Plasma to Treat Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Jennifer R. Arthurs","startDate":"2022-01-19","conditions":"Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus","enrollment":30},{"nctId":"NCT07421934","phase":"NA","title":"Evaluation of the Performance and Safety of a Linear Hyaluronic Acid-Based Medical Device in the Treatment of Surgical Wounds in the Oral Cavity.","status":"TERMINATED","sponsor":"The Wave Innovation Group s.r.l.","startDate":"2024-10-29","conditions":"Post-surgical Oral Wounds, Oral Cavity Surgery, Wound Healing/Regeneration","enrollment":28},{"nctId":"NCT07417462","phase":"NA","title":"Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block Versus Pectointercostal Fascial Block for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Assiut University","startDate":"2026-02-18","conditions":"Transversus Thoracic Muscle Plane Block, Pecto-intercostal Fascial Block, Enhanced Recovery","enrollment":90},{"nctId":"NCT06886815","phase":"NA","title":"Popliteal Nerve Block for Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair Surgery","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Women's College Hospital","startDate":"2026-02","conditions":"Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture","enrollment":80},{"nctId":"NCT05212129","phase":"NA","title":"Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Medical College of Wisconsin","startDate":"2021-04-05","conditions":"Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome","enrollment":90},{"nctId":"NCT07406854","phase":"PHASE3","title":"A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Masked, Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Associated With ND4 Mutation","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Wuhan Neurophth Biotechnology Limited Company","startDate":"2024-09-19","conditions":"Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)","enrollment":95},{"nctId":"NCT06601621","phase":"NA","title":"Study on the Impact of Electroacupuncture Combined With Self-Acupressure on the Quality of Life of Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Jiuda Zhao","startDate":"2024-10-19","conditions":"Electroacupuncture, Quality of Life (QOL), Acupressure","enrollment":192},{"nctId":"NCT07377357","phase":"NA","title":"Immediate and 1-week Efficacy of a Single Session of Sciatic Nerve Electrical Stimulation in the Management of Low-back Related Leg Pain","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Universidad Complutense de Madrid","startDate":"2026-02","conditions":"Sciatica","enrollment":88},{"nctId":"NCT07403058","phase":"NA","title":"Endovascular Ablation of the Right Greater Splanchnic Nerve in Subjects With Reduced Ejection Fraction","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Axon Therapies, Inc.","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)","enrollment":50},{"nctId":"NCT07395102","phase":"NA","title":"Effectiveness of Thread-Embedding Acupuncture at EX-B2 on the Oswestry Disability Index and Finger-to-Floor Distance in Chronic Low Back Pain","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2026-02","conditions":"Chronic Low-back Pain","enrollment":32},{"nctId":"NCT04432831","phase":"PHASE3","title":"A Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Faricimab in Participants With Diabetic Macular Edema","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Hoffmann-La Roche","startDate":"2020-08-05","conditions":"Diabetic Macular Edema","enrollment":1479},{"nctId":"NCT07392645","phase":"NA","title":"Electroacupuncture for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Clinical Efficacy and Neuroimaging Mechanisms","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Lishu Gao","startDate":"2026-02-01","conditions":"Generalized Anxiety Disorder","enrollment":123},{"nctId":"NCT07389824","phase":"NA","title":"Efficacy of Acupuncture-Mesalazine Combination Therapy in Ulcerative Colitis.","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Qin Yu","startDate":"2026-02-01","conditions":"Ulcerative Colitis","enrollment":80},{"nctId":"NCT07390929","phase":"NA","title":"Clinical Trial Study on the Improved New Method of Acupotomy for AS","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Henan Provincial People's Hospital","startDate":"2025-11-05","conditions":"Ankylosing Spondylitis","enrollment":60},{"nctId":"NCT07278284","phase":"NA","title":"The Effectiveness of Press Needle Acupuncture on Preoperative Anxiety in Tympanoplasty and Mastoidectomy","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2026-01-18","conditions":"Anxiety","enrollment":32},{"nctId":"NCT06703671","phase":"NA","title":"Electroacupuncture Treatment for Discogenic Low Back Pain","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Beijing Hospital","startDate":"2025-03-08","conditions":"Discogenic Low Back Pain","enrollment":240},{"nctId":"NCT06617429","phase":"PHASE3","title":"Phase 3 Efficacy and Safety Study of GTX-102 in Pediatric Subjects With Angelman Syndrome (AS)","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc","startDate":"2024-12-03","conditions":"Angelman Syndrome","enrollment":129},{"nctId":"NCT07384247","phase":"NA","title":"Trigger Point Dry Needling With and Without Electrical Stimulation in Healthy Subjects","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"University of Rhode Island","startDate":"2023-01-02","conditions":"People With Identified Painful Trigger Points (Tp) Within the Soleus and Gastrocnemius Muscles Complex, Healthy Subjects or Volunteers","enrollment":40},{"nctId":"NCT07180979","phase":"PHASE4","title":"PENG vs L-ESPB With S-ESPB for Analgesia in Total Hip Arthroplasty","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Poznan University of Medical Sciences","startDate":"2026-03-01","conditions":"Hip Osteoarthritis, Hip Arthropathy, Hip Pain Chronic","enrollment":90},{"nctId":"NCT07377279","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture and Compression for the Prevention of CIPN in Breast Cancer Patients","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University","startDate":"2025-09-01","conditions":"Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)","enrollment":384},{"nctId":"NCT07296497","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture for Refractory Rosacea: A Study on Its Effectiveness and Safety","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Xiangya Hospital of Central South University","startDate":"2025-12-24","conditions":"Rosacea","enrollment":104},{"nctId":"NCT07373808","phase":"NA","title":"Efficacy of Sciatic Nerve Electrical Stimulation and Therapeutic Exercise in the Management of Low-back Related Leg Pain","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Universidad Complutense de Madrid","startDate":"2026-02","conditions":"Sciatica","enrollment":88},{"nctId":"NCT07158775","phase":"PHASE1, PHASE2","title":"A Phase 1/2 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Administration of BS01 in Patients With Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Dry AMD","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Bionic Sight LLC","startDate":"2026-01-08","conditions":"Geographic Atrophy (GA) Secondary to Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)","enrollment":40},{"nctId":"NCT07259824","phase":"NA","title":"SPSIP Block and Opioid Use After MICS","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Ankara City Hospital Bilkent","startDate":"2026-01-22","conditions":"Heart Valvular Disease, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Postoperative Pain Management","enrollment":50},{"nctId":"NCT03632044","phase":"PHASE4","title":"Evaluation of Trigeminal Nerve Blockade","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"University of Florida","startDate":"2018-11-20","conditions":"Mouth Abnormalities, Cleft Palate, Birth Defect","enrollment":40},{"nctId":"NCT07350226","phase":"NA","title":"Electro-acupuncture for SCD With Depression","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School","startDate":"2025-10-01","conditions":"Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), Depression Disorder","enrollment":86},{"nctId":"NCT07343128","phase":"PHASE2, PHASE3","title":"Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block in Fibromyalgia","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital","startDate":"2025-06-01","conditions":"Fibromyalgia","enrollment":68},{"nctId":"NCT07273006","phase":"PHASE4","title":"Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation As Alternative To Nerve Blocks In Anesthesia, Pain Medicine And Rehabilitation Of Nonspecific Chronic Pain","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Universidad Complutense de Madrid","startDate":"2026-09-01","conditions":"Non-specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP), Facet Joint Syndrome","enrollment":82},{"nctId":"NCT07337187","phase":"NA","title":"Effect of Thread-Embedding Acupuncture at EX-B2 on Pain and Quality of Life in Chronic Low Back Pain","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2026-01-01","conditions":"Low Back Pain","enrollment":32},{"nctId":"NCT05089656","phase":"PHASE3","title":"Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal OAV101 (AVXS-101) in Pediatric Patients With Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Novartis Pharmaceuticals","startDate":"2022-02-01","conditions":"Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy","enrollment":126},{"nctId":"NCT06721832","phase":"PHASE3","title":"The Effect of High-thoracic Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Pain and Diaphragmatic Function in Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Benha University","startDate":"2025-01-01","conditions":"Cervical Spine Surgery, Pain Management","enrollment":50},{"nctId":"NCT07332962","phase":"NA","title":"fMRI Evaluation of Auricular Acupuncture Targets: An Exploratory Clinical Study","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital","startDate":"2025-12-20","conditions":"Healthy Participants","enrollment":32},{"nctId":"NCT07331246","phase":"NA","title":"TENS for Pain Relief During Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Medical University of Gdansk","startDate":"2023-12-01","conditions":"Prostate Cancer, Prostate Biopsy, Fusion Biopsy","enrollment":84},{"nctId":"NCT06566274","phase":"NA","title":"Thumbtack Needle in the Treatment of NVP","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Dongmei Huang","startDate":"2024-10-01","conditions":"Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy (NVP)","enrollment":320},{"nctId":"NCT07243301","phase":"NA","title":"Thread Embedding Acupuncture vs Sham on Acute Pain and Quality of Life After Laparoscopic Nephrectomy of Living Donor","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-02-10","conditions":"Postoperative Pain, Kidney Transplant; Complications","enrollment":32},{"nctId":"NCT06768359","phase":"NA","title":"The Effect of Manual Acupuncture and Standard Therapy on Anxiety and Quality of Life Scores in Cancer Patients","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-03-24","conditions":"Anxiety, Quality of Life, Cancer","enrollment":38},{"nctId":"NCT07324148","phase":"NA","title":"Acupuncture for Erectile Dysfunction","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences","startDate":"2026-01-01","conditions":"Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS), Erectile Dysfunctions, Acupuncture","enrollment":100},{"nctId":"NCT07233083","phase":"NA","title":"External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block for Liver Transplantation Recipient","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Istinye University","startDate":"2025-12-22","conditions":"Liver Transplantation, Recipients of Liver Transplant, Postoperative Pain","enrollment":60},{"nctId":"NCT05840276","phase":"NA","title":"Cryoneurolysis Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark","startDate":"2023-08-30","conditions":"Post Operative Pain, Knee Osteoarthritis, Opioid-Related Disorders","enrollment":100},{"nctId":"NCT04560361","phase":"NA","title":"The Analgesic Effect of Electroacupuncture on Postherpetic Neuralgia","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","startDate":"2020-10-14","conditions":"Postherpetic Neuralgia","enrollment":448},{"nctId":"NCT07044414","phase":"NA","title":"Effectiveness of Manual Acupuncture for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-09-01","conditions":"Head and Neck Neoplasms","enrollment":34},{"nctId":"NCT06491745","phase":"NA","title":"Is Adding Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy to Physiotherapy and Corticosteroid Injection Beneficial for Frozen Shoulder","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital","startDate":"2024-08-01","conditions":"Frozen Shoulder, Corticosteroid Injection, Physical Therapy","enrollment":94},{"nctId":"NCT06948578","phase":"NA","title":"Thread-Embedding Acupuncture for Functional and QoL Improvement in COPD Patients","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-07-01","conditions":"Chronic Pulmonary Obstruction","enrollment":34},{"nctId":"NCT07133139","phase":"NA","title":"Treatment Validation for Myofascial Pain","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Ajay Wasan, MD, Msc","startDate":"2025-10-06","conditions":"Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP), Myofacial Pain","enrollment":80},{"nctId":"NCT07003763","phase":"NA","title":"Electroacupuncture on Treating Cancer-related Depression","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine","startDate":"2025-07-01","conditions":"Depression, Cancer","enrollment":86},{"nctId":"NCT02893267","phase":"NA","title":"Multimodal Treatment for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"MetroHealth Medical Center","startDate":"2017-01","conditions":"Stroke, Shoulder Pain","enrollment":96},{"nctId":"NCT07274215","phase":"NA","title":"Paragastric Block for Pain and PONV in Sleeve Gastrectomy","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Umraniye Education and Research Hospital","startDate":"2025-10-01","conditions":"Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting, Postoperative Pain After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy","enrollment":200},{"nctId":"NCT06952920","phase":"PHASE3","title":"Electroacupuncture for Chemotherapy-Induced GI Symptom Clusters in Breast Cancer","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Jiuda Zhao","startDate":"2025-08-21","conditions":"Standard Quadruple Antiemetic Therapy, Electroacupuncture, Chemotherapy-induced Gastrointestinal Symptom Cluster","enrollment":388},{"nctId":"NCT07069049","phase":"NA","title":"Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Patients Undergoing Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local Anesthesia","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","startDate":"2025-12-28","conditions":"Prostate Cancer","enrollment":190},{"nctId":"NCT07271225","phase":"NA","title":"Safety and Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture for Antituberculosis Drug-Related Nausea and Vomiting","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-11-05","conditions":"Tuberculosis, Pulmonary","enrollment":58},{"nctId":"NCT07030465","phase":"NA","title":"Therapeutic Effects of Press Needle on 5-D Pruritus Scale in Hemodialysis Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Indonesia University","startDate":"2025-08-01","conditions":"Chronic Kidney Disease Requiring Chronic Dialysis","enrollment":38},{"nctId":"NCT05920382","phase":"NA","title":"Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Post-knee Arthroplasty Chronic Pain.","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf","startDate":"2023-09-25","conditions":"Chronic Post-surgical Pain, Chronic Post Operative Pain, Chronic Knee Pain","enrollment":86},{"nctId":"NCT06017960","phase":"NA","title":"Effects of Dry Needling on Electromyographic Activity and Ultrasonographic Characteristics in Post-Stroke Spasticity","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Universidad de Zaragoza","startDate":"2023-09-15","conditions":"Spasticity as Sequela of Stroke","enrollment":28},{"nctId":"NCT07169032","phase":"EARLY_PHASE1","title":"The Effect of Er,Cr:YSGG Laser-assisted Topical Anesthetic on Oral Mucosal Anesthesia","status":"COMPLETED","sponsor":"Li Zhen Zhong","startDate":"2024-01-01","conditions":"Anesthesia","enrollment":20},{"nctId":"NCT05169190","phase":"NA","title":"Stellate Ganglion Block for PTSD","status":"ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING","sponsor":"VA Office of Research and Development","startDate":"2022-11-17","conditions":"Post-traumatic Stress Disorder","enrollment":410},{"nctId":"NCT06357962","phase":"NA","title":"Semi-permanent Acupuncture Effect on Cervical Ripening","status":"TERMINATED","sponsor":"Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf","startDate":"2024-05-22","conditions":"Pregnancy Complications","enrollment":8},{"nctId":"NCT07250464","phase":"NA","title":"Motor Evoked Potential and Cortical Silent Period in Migraine","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Istanbul Gelisim University","startDate":"2025-12-01","conditions":"Migraine, Healty Controls","enrollment":20},{"nctId":"NCT07253194","phase":"NA","title":"Electroacupuncture on Postoperative Urinary Retention After Radical Surgery for Cervical Cancer","status":"NOT_YET_RECRUITING","sponsor":"Lu Chao","startDate":"2026-01-01","conditions":"Postoperative Urinary Retention (POUR)","enrollment":208},{"nctId":"NCT06123481","phase":"NA","title":"Autologous Bone Marrow Aspirate Treatment for Early-Stage Osteonecrosis","status":"RECRUITING","sponsor":"Johns Hopkins University","startDate":"2025-04-01","conditions":"Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head, Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head","enrollment":192}],"_emaApprovals":[],"_faersSignals":[],"_approvalHistory":[],"publicationCount":60,"rwe":[],"genericFilers":[],"relatedDrugs":[],"labelChanges":[],"biosimilarFilings":[],"pricing":[],"formularyStatus":[],"manufacturing":[],"companionDiagnostics":[],"competitors":[],"timeline":[],"patents":[],"ownershipHistory":[],"trials":[],"biosimilars":[],"latestUpdates":[],"references":[],"tags":[],"ecosystem":[],"genericManufacturerList":[],"offLabel":[],"developmentCodes":[],"aliases":[],"phase":"phase_3","status":"active","brandName":"Sham Needle","genericName":"Sham Needle","companyName":"Spine BioPharma, Inc","companyId":"spine-biopharma-inc","modality":"Small molecule","firstApprovalDate":"","aiSummary":"Sham Needle is used to create a placebo effect in clinical trials. Used for Clinical trials for various conditions.","enrichmentLevel":3,"visitCount":0,"trialStats":{"total":0,"withResults":0},"verificationStatus":"verified","dataCompleteness":{"mechanism":true,"indications":true,"safety":false,"trials":true,"score":3}}