Status:
COMPLETED
Maternal Acupuncture for Substance Abuse
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Substance Addiction
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
To determine the efficacy of daily maternal acupuncture treatments in reducing the frequency and severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome among infants born to substance-using women..
Detailed Description
Potential study subjects will be recruited from the Chemical Dependency Unit by a trial coordinator. After obtaining written informed consent, the coordinator will take a sequentially numbered opaque ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women admitted to the chemical dependency unit at BC Women's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Exclusion
- Women who neither read nor write English
- Having a pacemaker or any other electrical implants
- Bleeding disorder or on anti-coagulants
- Conditions putting someone at particular risk for infection including damaged heart valves or prior heart valve surgery, history of myocardiopathy, diabetes requiring insulin, history of knee or hip replacements, immunosuppressive drug therapy, open wounds.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
89 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00225316
Start Date
August 1 2005
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
May 17 2011
Active Locations (1)
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BC Women's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1