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| Trial | Phase | Status | Sponsor | Enrollment | Start | Updated |
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| Auricular Stimulation for Nicotine Withdrawal in Psychiatric Inpatients Auricular acupressure, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (Nicotine patch plus NRT gum or lozenge), Sham Auricular Acupressure - Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Withdrawal | Not applicable | Recruiting | Chiao-Chiao Liao | 60 | 2026-03-23 | 2026-04-13 |
| Auricular Acupuncture on Emotional Distress in Service Members and Veterans With PTSD Ear acupuncture, Mindfulness therapy - PTSD and Substance Use Disorder, Emotional Distress | Not applicable | Recruiting | United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego | 66 | 2026-03-02 | 2026-04-24 |
| Auricular Acupuncture as Part of Multimodal Analgesia After Lower Leg Fracture Auricular acupuncture - Pain, Postoperative, Fracture, Ankle | Not applicable | Withdrawn | Baylor College of Medicine | 2025-12-11 | 2026-03-03 | |
| Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture for Migraine Auricular acupuncture, Acupuncture - Migraine | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | 156 | 2025-07-01 | 2025-06-17 |
| Ear Pressure Points Plus Pain Meds for Faster Kidney Stone Pain Relief Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), Auricular Acupoint Embedding, Sham Acupoint Embedding - Renal Colic, Acupuncture, Ear | Not applicable | Recruiting | Gao Xiaofeng | 116 | 2025-06-01 | 2026-03-18 |
| Intelligent Approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine for Insomnia Group that is receiving treatment. - Insomnia | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan | 120 | 2025-05-28 | 2025-05-30 |
| Auricular Electroacupuncture and Auricular Acupuncture With Health Education for Pain in Leprosy Auricular Electroacupuncture, Auricular Acupuncture, Health Education - Leprosy | Not applicable | Completed | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco | 16 | 2025-04-01 | 2026-10-07 |
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture in Improving Dry Eye Symptoms in University Students Auricular acupuncture, Sham auricular acupuncture, Artificial Tears (AT) - Dry Eye Symptoms | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 50 | 2025-03-15 | 2025-09-24 |
| The Effect Of Ears Acupuncture On Fitness Test 12 Minutes Running in Students Of Medical Faculty UNHAN RI press needle acupuncture, sham press needle acupuncture - Sports Physical Therapy, Military Activity | Not applicable | Completed | Universitas Indonesia | 63 | 2024-11-15 | 2025-05-22 |
| Thread-embedding Combined With Auricular Acupuncture for Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain Thread-embedding acupuncture, Auricular acupuncture, Sham thread-embedding acupuncture - Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 168 | 2024-11-11 | 2025-03-24 |
| Auricular Acupuncture for Post-Stroke Constipation Auricular Acupuncture, Sham Auricular Acupuncture - Constipation, Stroke | Not applicable | Completed | Ho Chi Minh City Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital | 60 | 2024-11-01 | 2026-08-07 |
| Implementing Group Battlefield Acupuncture in CCRCs for the Treatment of Chronic Lower Back Pain Auricular acupuncture, Visual Analog Scale for Pain, Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire - Pain, Back | Not applicable | Completed | Korey Kennelty | 11 | 2024-10-30 | 2025-08-28 |
| Supportive Analgesic Effect of Auricular Acupressure (AA) After Cesarean Section (CS) Auricular Acupressure, Sham Auricular Acupressure Group - Pain Postoperative, Caesarean Section; Pain | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 70 | 2024-10-14 | 2026-01-07 |
| Adding Auricular Acupuncture to Xiao-Feng-San Decoction for Treating Atopic Dermatitis Auricular acupuncture, Sham auricular acupuncture - Atopic Dermatitis | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 156 | 2024-07-15 | 2025-03-26 |
| Auricular Acupuncture and Hot Flashes During Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy auricular acupuncture - Hot Flashes | Not applicable | Completed | Kliniken Essen-Mitte | 107 | 2024-06-17 | 2025-12-15 |
| Efficacy and Safety of Combined Thread Embedding Acupuncture With Auricular Acupuncture for GERD Thread Embedding Acupuncture, Auricular acupuncture, Standard treatment - GERD | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 66 | 2023-12-06 | 2024-03-20 |
| Auricular Acupuncture Efficacy for Medical Students' Examination Anxiety Auricular acupuncture, Sham Auricular acupuncture - Anxiety, Anxiety, Exam | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 64 | 2023-11-15 | 2024-04-30 |
| Thread Embedding Acupuncture Combined With Auricular Acupuncture for Overweight and Obesity Auricular acupuncture, Thread embedding acupuncture, Sham Thread embedding acupuncture - Overweight or Obesity | Not applicable | Completed | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 66 | 2023-10-30 | 2024-03-22 |
| Effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture in Reducing Dental Anxiety and Pain Perception During Orthodontic Extractions Among Adolescents Auricular acupunctures, Sham acupunctures - Dental Anxiety | Not applicable | Unknown | The University of Hong Kong | 30 | 2023-10-01 | 2024-05-30 |
| Auricular Acupuncture in Patients With Advanced Cancer: a Randomized Clinical Trial. Auricular Acupuncture - Fatigue, Pain | Not applicable | Recruiting | University Hospital Tuebingen | 125 | 2023-08-13 | 2025-07-31 |
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