NCT00523016View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Acupuncture Treatment to Reduce Burning Pain in Spinal Cord Injury

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

33

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2007

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2013

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2013

Conditions
Neuropathic Pain
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Lyndhurst Central Neuropathic Pain Acupuncture Protocol (LCCNPAP)

LCCNPAP: acupuncture needle insertion at acupuncture points on the head that will be stimulated with electricity from a battery-operated Chinese acupuncture stimulation device for 20 minutes. A total of 13 treatments will be administered over 3-4 weeks.

PROCEDURE

Sham acupuncture

Sham acupuncture: Simulated acupuncture that includes insertion of acupuncture needles on the head that will be stimulated with electricity from a battery-operated Chinese acupuncture stimulation device for 20 minutes. A total of 13 treatments will be administered over 3-4 weeks. This group will be offered the LCCNPAP treatment at the completion of study participation.

Trial Locations (3)

V5Z 2G9

G. F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver

N6C 5J1

Parkwood Hospital, London

M4G 3V9

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

University of British Columbia

OTHER

lead

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

OTHER

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