Battlefield Acupuncture for Pain in Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Wayne State University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Treatments: Procedure: Sham Acupuncture; Procedure: Battlefield Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04218422

IRB-19-12-1642

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will investigate battlefield acupuncture as a treatment for the pain of hidradenitis suppurativa.

Full description

Participants will report their pain level daily for 4 weeks. At week 2 and 3, they will get acupuncture in the ears.

Enrollment: 32 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 years or older
• dermatologist-confirmed diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa
• significant pain from hidradenitis at least twice weekly
• stable treatment regimen for hidradenitis during study period

Exclusion criteria

• disease or disfigurement of the ear that prevents battlefield acupuncture of the ears
• other chronic pain that will interfere with the ability to rate hidradenitis pain

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

2 treatments of battlefield acupuncture to the bilateral ears spaced one week apart

Treatment:

Procedure: Battlefield Acupuncture

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

2 treatments with sham acupuncture to the bilateral ears at acupuncture points not associated with pain relief (2 liver and 1 stomach)

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham Acupuncture