Dry needling with electrical stimulation for people with restless legs syndrome
Tests dry needling with electrical stimulation in adults with restless legs syndrome.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Mayo Clinic
- Where
- Rochester, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- The Effect of Dry Needling With Electrical Stimulation on Individuals With Restless Legs Syndrome
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Starts
- Feb 2027
- Expected to end
- Sept 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Dry Needling with electrical stimulation
- Record updated
- 16 March 2026
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 restless legs syndrome. It tests dry needling with electrical stimulation to the legs for sleep, symptoms and daily function.
- Age
- 18 to 75 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- A clinical diagnosis of restless legs syndrome.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Active cancer
- Nerve pain, such as lumbosacral radiculopathy or diabetic neuropathy
- Pregnancy
- A weak immune system from disease, such as HIV, AIDS or lupus
- Fear of needles, a past abnormal reaction to needles or injections, or a bleeding disorder
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Age 18-75 years
- Clinical diagnosis of restless legs syndrome
Who cannot take part
- Active cancer diagnoses
- Immunocompromised disease (e.g., HIV, AIDS, lupus)
- Contraindications to dry needling:35,36; Presence of needle phobia; History of abnormal reaction to needling or injection; History of bleeding disorder
- Neuropathic pain (e.g., lumbosacral radiculopathy and/or diabetic neuropathy),
- Pregnancy
- Insufficient English-language skills to complete all questionnaires
- Inability to maintain treatment positions
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 75 years old?
Where in United States
- Mayo ClinicRochester, United StatesContact: Ray LunasinNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of dry needling with electrical stimulation (DNES) on sleep quality, symptom severity, and function in individuals with restless legs syndrome.
The group in the trial
- Dry needling with electrical stimulationTreatment being tested
Participants with restless legs syndrome will receive dry needling with electrical stimulation to the lower extremities
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
- The Effect of Dry Needling With Electrical Stimulation on Individuals With Restless Legs Syndrome
- Plain-language title
- Dry needling with electrical stimulation for people with restless legs syndromeGenerated 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.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT05860751, who can take part
- Record updated
- 16 March 2026