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NCT05516862
Determining the Right Acupuncture for Good Recovery Over Neuropsychiatric Trauma
NA trial testing Dragons acupuncture in PTSD in 75 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 October 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Paul Crawford |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 75 |
| Start date | 1 October 2022 |
| Primary completion | 1 October 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 1 October 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Dragons acupuncture
- Dragons acupressure
- Dragons placebo
Conditions studied
- PTSD — all drugs for PTSD →
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — all drugs for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder →
- Acupuncture — all drugs for Acupuncture →
Sponsor
Paul Crawford
Who can join
Adults 18 to 74, any sex, with PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study seeks to verify that a specific acupuncture treatment is effective at reducing symptoms of neuropsychiatric trauma found in those diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.
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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 NCT05516862 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Paul Crawford
- Last refreshed: 19 September 2025
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