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NCT04208659: SAAAPP
Veteran Ear Acupuncture Pilot Project
NA trial testing Self-administration of auricular acupuncture without prosthesis in Chronic Pain Syndrome in 12 participants. Completed in 1 July 2021.
8 September 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Chillicothe VA Medical Center |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 12 |
| Start date | 27 February 2020 |
| Primary completion | 8 September 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 1 July 2021 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Self-administration of auricular acupuncture without prosthesis
- Self-administration of auricular acupuncture with prosthesis
Conditions studied
- Chronic Pain Syndrome — all drugs for Chronic Pain Syndrome →
- Pain — all drugs for Pain →
- Fibromyalgia — all drugs for Fibromyalgia →
- Low Back Pain — all drugs for Low Back Pain →
Sponsor
Chillicothe VA Medical Center
Who can join
Adults 18 to 120, any sex, with Chronic Pain Syndrome or Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Veterans who have responded well to Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA), a form of auricular acupuncture, in routine clinical practice will be invited to receive education to insert the needles themselves at home. A 3D-printed wearable prosthetic will also be explored as a means to facilitate needle placement. Primary end-points will include whether adverse events occur over a six-month period and whether the aforementioned prosthesis significantly facilitates needle placement in terms of subjective ease of administration.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Self-Administration of Auricular Acupuncture in Rural Veterans with Chronic Pain: A Pilot Project.
James BL, Welch J, Williamson C. · · 2021 · cited 2× · PMID 35003503 · DOI 10.1089/acu.2021.0007
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04208659 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Chillicothe VA Medical Center
- Last refreshed: 1 November 2021
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