An Acupuncture Study for People At High Risk for Sepsis

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status and phase

Enrolling

Phase 2

Conditions

Sepsis

Treatments

Procedure: Acupuncture

Other: Sham Acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06344819

24-062

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers think acupuncture may improve outcomes for participants with sepsis, based on laboratory studies and previous studies in people with sepsis. The purpose of this study to see whether real acupuncture can improve outcomes for participants with sepsis when compared to sham acupuncture. Sham acupuncture is performed the same way as real acupuncture but will use different needles and target different sites or places on the body than real acupuncture.

Enrollment

78 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 18 or older
Having MSK sepsis order-set placed within the previous 48 hours

Exclusion criteria

The study Principal Investigator will review the medical record again prior to enrollment to exclude non-sepsis patients (Even though the placement of sepsis order set already screens out such patients, subsequent clinical development after sepsis order set placement may generate new information that deems the patient not septic.)
Admitted to ICU before being approached for consenting
Having an implanted medical device, such as a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), with which electroacupuncture
Unable to obtain informed consent due to a participant's mental status and absence of an individual authorized to give consent on the participant's behalf
The patient is on an interventional clinical trial and its Principal Investigator does not give approval to enrollment to this study (e.g. genomic profiling, biospecimen, or observational studies do not require PI approval).