Effect of Battlefield Acupuncture on Pain Control During Inpatient Treatment of Exertional Rhabdomyolysis
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Battlefield Acupuncture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Rhabdomyolysis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 99 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Patients admitted with exertional rhabdomyolysis will be offered treatment with battlefield acupuncture for pain management and compared with patient's pain levels and pain medication requirements with those patients who declined battlefield acupuncture.
Detailed description
Pilot study using a prospective observational case series of patients admitted to Tripler Army Medical Center who meet CHAMP criteria for rhabdomyolysis and who elect to undergo BFA in addition to standard of care pain control. We will not blind patients, providers, or research coordinators. Goal is to administer BFA within 12 hours of inpatient admission and monitor the pain response.
Interventions
- Procedure Battlefield Acupuncture
Treatment of pain from rhabdomyolysis with battlefield acupuncture
Primary outcome measures
- Pain Level on a pain scale of 0-10 [Time frame: Pain level will be measured through study completion (up to 12 months).]
- Pain Medication [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Length of Hospital Stay in days [Time frame: Length of time from admission to discharge in days (up to 7 days)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Rhabdomyolysis
- chooses battlefield acupuncture
Exclusion criteria
- Greater than 72 hours from onset of symptoms
- younger than 18 years of age
- declines battlefield acupuncture
- no pain
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Tripler Army Medical Center — TAMC
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07528300 · TAMC 23H29 / 223057