NCT00000817View on ClinicalTrials.gov

The Efficacy of a Standardized Acupuncture Regimen and Amitriptyline Compared With Placebo as a Treatment for Pain Caused by Peripheral Neuropathy in HIV-Infected Patients

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

260

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 1994

Study Completion Date

May 31, 1997

Conditions
HIV InfectionsPeripheral Nervous System Disease
Interventions
DRUG

Amitriptyline hydrochloride

75 mg oral tablet taken daily

DRUG

Amitriptyline hydrochloride placebo

Oral placebo tablet taken daily

PROCEDURE

Point acupuncture

Standardized or alternate acupuncture procedure

Trial Locations (11)

10011

Clinical Directors Network of Region II, New York

10037

Harlem AIDS Treatment Group / Harlem Hosp Ctr, New York

19107

Philadelphia FIGHT, Philadelphia

20422

Veterans Administration Med Ctr / Regional AIDS Program, Washington D.C.

21201

Baltimore Trials, Baltimore

48201

Comprehensive AIDS Alliance of Detroit, Detroit

80204

Denver CPCRA / Denver Public Hlth, Denver

87131

Partners Research, Albuquerque

94110

Community Consortium of San Francisco, San Francisco

97210

Portland Veterans Adm Med Ctr / Rsch & Education Grp, Portland

07103

North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Newark

All Listed Sponsors
lead

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

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