Acupuncture and Auditory Evoked Potentials

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.

Verified June 2006 by University Medicine Greifswald.
Recruitment status was Recruiting

Sponsor:

Information provided by:

University Medicine Greifswald

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00333606

First received: June 3, 2006

Last updated: NA

Last verified: June 2006

History: No changes posted

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

June 3, 2006

Last Updated Date

June 3, 2006

Start Date ^ICMJE

January 2005

Primary Completion Date

Not Provided

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Latency and amplitude of auditory evoked potentials

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

No Changes Posted

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Acupuncture and Auditory Evoked Potentials

Official Title ^ICMJE

Effects of Acupuncture on the Auditory Evoked Potentials: a Randomized Volunteer Crossover Study

Brief Summary

To investigate whether body acupuncture of acupuncture points specific for hearing influences the auditory avoked potentials in comparison to puncture of non-specific acupuncture points

Detailed Description

Not Provided

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Phase

Phase 1
Phase 2

Study Design ^ICMJE

Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Condition ^ICMJE

Evoked Potentials
Healthy Volunteers

Intervention ^ICMJE

Procedure: Acupuncture

Study Arm (s)

Not Provided

Publications *

Not Provided

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Recruiting

Enrollment ^ICMJE

Completion Date

Not Provided

Primary Completion Date

Not Provided

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy volunteers aged 20-40 years
Physical status I according to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification
No history of nervous or psychiatric disease
Normal audiogram before the study
No chronic consume of analgesics, anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents, sedatives or alcohol
No local infection at the site of acupuncture
Volunteers who have given informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnant or nursing females.
History of peripheral neuropathy
Abnormal skin conditions (infection, scars, psoriasis, eczema)
Inflamed site of acupuncture within 1 week

Gender

Both

Ages

20 Years to 40 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact: Taras I Usichenko, M.D.

+493834865803

taras@uni-greifswald.de

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Germany

Administrative Information

NCT Number ^ICMJE

NCT00333606

Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

III UV 12/06

Has Data Monitoring Committee

Not Provided

Responsible Party

Not Provided

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

University Medicine Greifswald

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Investigators ^ICMJE

Study Chair:	Taras I Usichenko, M.D.	Ernst Moritz Arndt University
Principal Investigator:	Reinhard Schmidt, M.D.	Ernst Moritz Arndt University

Information Provided By

University Medicine Greifswald

Verification Date

June 2006

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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