# Enhancing Acupuncture Treatment Effect Through Non-invasive Neuromodulation

> **NCT03716830** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital** · enrollment: 116 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Pain

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** verum acupuncture
- **DEVICE:** sham acupuncture
- **DEVICE:** real tDCS
- **DEVICE:** sham tDCS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03716830
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-11-07
- **Primary completion:** 2025-01-31
- **Final completion:** 2025-03-31
- **Target enrollment:** 116 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03716830

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03716830, "Enhancing Acupuncture Treatment Effect Through Non-invasive Neuromodulation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03716830. Licensed CC0.

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