NCT04157543

A Study Evaluates the Effects of Electroacupuncture for Postoperative Pain Relief in Patients With Repair for TFCC Tears

Status unknown NA Last updated 12 March 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing electroacupuncture in Postoperative Pain Relief in 30 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 May 2019

Primary endpoint
30 April 2020

30 April 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	China Medical University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	1 May 2019
Primary completion	30 April 2020
Estimated completion	30 April 2020
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• electroacupuncture

Conditions studied

• Postoperative Pain Relief — all drugs for Postoperative Pain Relief →

Sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 19 to 60, any sex, with Postoperative Pain Relief. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex (TFCC) is the main stable structure of the distal ulnar joint (DRUJ), and the damage of the triangular fibrocartilage complex is the most common cause of pain in the ulnar side of the wrist in the young athlete population. Once TFCC is injured, arthroscopic surgery is a common repair method. The postoperative analgesic method is generally oral or injection analgesic. In recent years, electroacupuncture(EA) has been widely used to relieve pain after surgery, and many studies have confirmed that it is effective. However, there is no evaluation of analgesic efficacy after arthroscopic repair of the TFCC. Therefore, it is hoped that the efficacy of electroacupuncture for analgesia after arthroscopic repair of the TFCC is demonstrated by this study. And, the investigators also hope the investigators can reduce the use of painkillers through electroacupuncture.

Methods:It is expected that 30 patients will be randomly assigned to the following groups: electroacupuncture group(EAG), EA at points; non-point group (NPG), EA at non-points, control group (CG) without EA

1. electroacupuncture group(EAG): EA at points after surgery
2. non-point group (NPG): EA at non-points after surgery
3. Control group: only injection painkiller were used before surgery

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.