# Randomized Comparative Trial for Persistent Pain in Spinal Cord Injury: Acupuncture vs Aspecific Needle Skin Stimulation

> **NCT03170557** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute S.p.A.** · enrollment: 68 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pain
- Spinal Cord Injuries

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Traditional chinese acupuncture
- **OTHER:** Aspecific needle skin stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03170557
- **Lead sponsor:** Montecatone Rehabilitation Institute S.p.A.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2017-09-25
- **Primary completion:** 2019-01-25
- **Final completion:** 2019-02-25
- **Target enrollment:** 68 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** After a first stop due to acupuncturists unavailability, the Covid-19 pandemic also impacted on the study time schedule for acupuncture administration and outcomes evaluation.
- **Last updated:** 2022-08-23

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03170557

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03170557, "Randomized Comparative Trial for Persistent Pain in Spinal Cord Injury: Acupuncture vs Aspecific Needle Skin Stimulation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03170557. Licensed CC0.

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