Battlefield acupuncture for pain from hidradenitis suppurativa
Tests battlefield acupuncture against sham acupuncture for hidradenitis suppurativa pain in adults.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Wayne State University
- Where
- Dearborn, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Battlefield Acupuncture for Pain in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 32 people, planned
- Started
- 22 Jan 2020
- Expected to end
- 20 Feb 2031
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a sham (pretend) treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Battlefield Acupuncture
- Sham Acupuncture
- Record updated
- 16 May 2023
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with hidradenitis suppurativa who have significant pain from it. It tests battlefield acupuncture (fine needles in the ears) for this pain.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Hidradenitis suppurativa confirmed by a dermatologist, with significant pain at least twice a week.
- Earlier treatment
- Your treatment for hidradenitis must stay the same during the study.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Ear disease or ear shape changes that prevent acupuncture of the ears
- Other long-term pain that makes it hard to rate hidradenitis pain
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- age 18 years or older
- dermatologist-confirmed diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
- significant pain from hidradenitis at least twice weekly
- stable treatment regimen for hidradenitis during study period
Who cannot take part
- disease or disfigurement of the ear that prevents battlefield acupuncture of the ears
- other chronic pain that will interfere with the ability to rate hidradenitis pain
Where in United States
- WSUPG DermatologyDearborn, United StatesContact: Steven D DaveluyTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The investigators will investigate battlefield acupuncture as a treatment for the pain of hidradenitis suppurativa.
The 2 groups in the trial
- TreatmentTreatment being tested
2 treatments of battlefield acupuncture to the bilateral ears spaced one week apart
Treatment: Battlefield Acupuncture
- ControlSham treatment, for comparison
2 treatments with sham acupuncture to the bilateral ears at acupuncture points not associated with pain relief (2 liver and 1 stomach)
Treatment: Sham Acupuncture
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Battlefield Acupuncture to Treat Pain in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Plain-language title
- Battlefield acupuncture for pain from hidradenitis suppurativaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 16 May 2023