文档介绍：Analgesic Effect of Auricular Acupuncture for Cancer Pain:
A Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Trial
By David Alimi, Carole Rubino, Evelyne Pichard-Le´andri, Sabine Fermand-Brule´, Marie-Laure Dubreuil-Lemaire, and Catherine Hill
Purpose: During the last 30 years, auricular acupuncture Results: The main e was pain assessed at 2
has been used plementary treatment of cancer pain months, with the assessment at 1 month carried over to 2
when analgesic drugs do not suffice. The purpose of this months for the eight patients who interrupted treatment
study is to examine the efficacy of auricular acupuncture in after 1 month. For three patients, no data were available
decreasing pain intensity in cancer patients. because they withdrew from the study during the first
Patients and Methods: y patients were randomly month. Pain intensity decreased by 36% at 2 months from
divided in three groups; one group received two courses of baseline in the group receiving acupuncture; there was
auricular acupuncture at points where an electrodermal little change for patients receiving placebo (2%). The
signal had been detected, and two placebo groups received difference between groups was statistically significant
auricular acupuncture at points with no electrodermal sig- (P < .0001).
nal (placebo points) and one with auricular seeds fixed at Conclusion: The observed reduction in pain intens