NCT06394310Recruiting
Dry Needling in Multiple Sclerosis
The Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Reducing Spasticity and Promoting Mobility and Balance in People With Multiple Sclerosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Jun 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The investigators are doing this study to see if a treatment called dry needling improves muscle spasticity (muscle tightness) in people who have Multiple Sclerosis. Dry needling involves using tiny needles, like those in acupuncture, to target some muscles, like calf muscles. It differs from traditional acupuncture as it focuses on treating or managing muscle spots, aiming to reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Dry needling may offer a minimally-invasive and medication-free approach to improve muscle spasticity. The investigators hope to see if dry needling also helps enhance balance and walking abilities. This might provide potential improvements inoverall mobility and balance.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 26 Apr 2024
- Start date
- 1 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- NCT number
- NCT06394310
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 24
- From 1 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 2 Jul 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Any medication changes, including antispastic medicines, for the past three months.
Other illness
- Any active cancer or history within 1 year
- known or suspected infection at the site of needling or in the surrounding area
- Deep vein thrombosis or peripheral vascular disease
Other
- Inability to communicate effectively with study personnel
- Needle phobia
- Severe varicose veins
- Presence of an active implanted device
- Pregnancy
- Presence of a fixed plantarflexion contracture at the ankle
- Acute fracture of dislocation in the region (bilateral lower extremity)
- Thrombophlebitis, or active osteomyelitis in the region (bilateral lower extremity)
Who the study is looking for
- Age 18 to 64 years
- Clinical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis based on the McDonald Criteria
- Spasticity in their lower legs
- Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDDS) score of 5 or below
Age in the registry: 18 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobility and Falls Lab Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Recruiting |
This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.