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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01389349
Date of registration: 06/07/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Children's ENT of San Diego, Inc.
Public title: Acupuncture for Tonsillectomy Pain
Scientific title: Acupuncture for Tonsillectomy Pain
Date of first enrolment: July 2011
Target sample size: 130
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01389349
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children 2 to 17 years of age who need tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy
with or without myringotomy tube(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Developmental Delay



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 17 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tonsillar Hypertrophy
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Children
Chronic Tonsillitis
Postoperative Pain
Intervention(s)
Other: Acupuncture
Other: Sham Control
Primary Outcome(s)
Pain Response [Time Frame: Postoperative days 1 and 6]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2322
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
Ethics review
Results
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