Acupuncture for chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease: a mixed-methods pilot study.

Hongjin LiCrystal L PatilRobert E MolokieFranklin NjokuAlana D SteffenArdith Z DoorenbosJudith M Schlaeger

Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (2021)

It was feasible and acceptable to implement acupuncture in adults with SCD. This study can be used to guide a larger randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of acupuncture on reducing chronic pain in adults with SCD.Trial registration number: NCT04156399 (ClinicalTrials.gov).

Keyphrases

chronic pain
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
pain management
clinical trial
placebo controlled
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