Analgesic Response to Opioids in Patients With Fibromyalgia After Conventional Acupuncture Versus Sham Acupuncture
45
about 1.7 years
18–80
1 site in CA
What this study is about
Researchers are testing whether acupuncture helps fibromyalgia patients by giving them acupuncture treatment and seeing whether acupuncture enhances the effects of an opioid. The trial will compare traditional acupuncture (TA) with sham acupuncture (SA) on pain relief when combined with opioids.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Undergo Sham Acupuncture
- 2.Undergo Traditional Acupuncture
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: Change in the pain VAS versus time following opioid challenge for pre-post TA vs. pre-post SA
Musculoskeletal