# Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease

> **NCT05045820** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Indiana University** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Sickle Cell Disease
- Pain
- Acupuncture
- Quantitative Sensory Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Circulating Biomarkers
- Electroencephalography
- Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** needling acupuncture
- **DEVICE:** laser acupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05045820
- **Lead sponsor:** Indiana University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2021-06-29
- **Primary completion:** 2025-06-20
- **Final completion:** 2026-06-20
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-16

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05045820

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05045820, "Integrative Medicine in Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05045820. Licensed CC0.

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