A Pilot Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Acupuncture in Patients on Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Mayo Clinic

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Phase 1

Conditions

Mechanical Ventilation Complication

Treatments

Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01621139

09-001937

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of acupuncture use on: 1) decrease the requirements for pharmacologic analgesic, 2) improve patient-reported pain, 3) expedite recovery process, and 4) improve the quality of life.

Enrollment

20 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Consecutive male and post-menopausal female patients expected to require more than 24 hours of mechanical ventilation will be included.

Exclusion criteria

Children < 18 years of age
Patients with active resuscitation (fluid boluses greater than 2 Liter per hour, rapid transfusions, titration of vasoactive medication)
Patients with hemodynamic instability: heart rate less than 40/min or greater than 120/min, SBP < 90 or > 180 mm Hg for longer than 2 continuous hours
Patients who are pregnant or pre-menopausal
Patients with expected survival less than 6 3 months
Major deformities of the upper or lower extremities and/or any active skin lesions or ulcers in acupuncture treatment areas.
Patients with a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device