Auriculo-Nerve Stimulation on Post-Operative Opioid Requirement
286
about 3.9 years
18+
4 sites in PA
What this study is about
Researchers are testing if auriculotherapy, a treatment involving nerve stimulation of the ear, can reduce the need for opioid pain medication after surgery. The trial will involve adults undergoing abdominal or pelvic surgery and randomly assigning them to either receive the auriculotherapy device (NSS-2 BRIDGE) or a placebo device.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Use NSS-2 BRIDGE
- 2.Use Sham NSS-2 BRIDGE
Participation Burden
What's physically and logistically required of participants.
Requires travel to a study site
How treatment is administered
You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
Primary: Opioid Consumption
Secondary: Area under the curve of post-operative pain rating using a numerical rating scale, Change in post-operative pain rating using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Change in the Brief Symptom Index Somatization Scale, Device tolerability, Length of hospital stay, Post-operative pain rating using a numerical rating scale, Pre-operative Brief Symptom Index Somatization Scale, Pre-operative pain rating using the Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Oncology, Psychiatry / Mental Health, Gastroenterology