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Safety, Feasibility & Effectiveness of Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Pharmacologic Treatment for Sedation and Analgesia in Mechanically Ventilated PICU Patients - A Pilot Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating acupuncture and sham acupuncture for Agitation. Completed, enrolled 17 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective at improving comfort in children on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. Our hypothesis is that the patients receiving acupuncture will require less medications to keep them comfortable than those who receive sham or fake acupuncture.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients randomized to active treatment will receive acupuncture treatment with press needles (small acupuncture needles manufactured with attached bandage that makes the needle flush with skin) at sites GV 24.5 or GV20, Ht 7 or Ht 3, Ki 3, Lr 3, LI 4 or LI 11, Lu 7 or Lu 5, Sp6, ST 36, using up to 15 points per patient three days per week for the duration of mechanical ventilation (maximum of 14 calendar days from the time of the first acupuncture treatment). We will also apply a seed magnet at ear shen men position for 4 hours on treatment days.
Patients randomized to sham treatment will receive sham acupuncture with similarly appearing bandages placed without press needles attached at sites GV 24.5 or GV20, Ht 7 or Ht 3, Ki 3, Lr 3, LI 4 or LI 11, Lu 7 or Lu 5, Sp6, ST 36, using up to 15 points per patient three days per week for the duration of mechanical ventilation (maximum of 14 calendar days from the time of the first acupuncture treatment). We will also apply a similarly appearing bandage without seed magnet underneath at ear shen men position for 4 hours on treatment days.