Auricular Acupuncture in Substance Abuse: Effects on Anxiety, Sleep, Drug Use.

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 23 November 2015
• Main ID: NCT02604706
• Date of registration: 09/11/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Örebro Läns Landsting
• Public title: Auricular Acupuncture in Substance Abuse: Effects on Anxiety, Sleep, Drug Use.
• Scientific title: RCT of Auricular Acupuncture in Substance Abuse: Effects on Anxiety, Sleep, Drug Use and Use of Addiction Treatment Services. A Randomized Controlled Study
• Date of first enrolment: October 2010
• Target sample size: 280
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02604706
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: Phase 2

Countries of recruitment

Sweden

Contacts

• Name: Rickard Ahlberg
• Affiliation: Örebro Läns Landsting

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Ongoing patients status at the clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Nickel-allergy

- Ear infection

- Heart disease



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Substance Abuse

Sleep

Anxiety

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Relaxation

Device: LP acupuncture

Device: NADA Acupuncture

Primary Outcome(s)

Change in self rated anxiety measured with Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). [Time Frame: 5 weeks and 3 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Change in self rated drug use using The self-report Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT). [Time Frame: 5 weeks and 3 months]

Change in self rated sleep quality measured with Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). [Time Frame: 5 weeks and 3 months]

Change in self rated alcohol use using The self report Alcholol Disorders Identification Test (ADUIT). [Time Frame: 5 weeks ans 3 months]

Secondary ID(s)

11

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors