An interventional study of Battlefield Acupuncture in Rhabdomyolysis, sponsored by Tripler Army Medical Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-14.
Sponsored by Tripler Army Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Patients admitted with exertional rhabdomyolysis will be offered treatment with battlefield acupuncture for pain management and compared with patient's pain levels and pain medication requirements with those patients who declined battlefield acupuncture.
Pilot study using a prospective observational case series of patients admitted to Tripler Army Medical Center who meet CHAMP criteria for rhabdomyolysis and who elect to undergo BFA in addition to standard of care pain control. We will not blind patients, providers, or research coordinators. Goal is to administer BFA within 12 hours of inpatient admission and monitor the pain response.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients admitted with rhabdomyolysis who choose to get battlefield acupuncture for pain control.
Procedure: Battlefield Acupuncture
This arm is the retrospective group that did not receive the BFA as an intervention.
Treatment of pain from rhabdomyolysis with battlefield acupuncture
Pain Level on a pain scale of 0-10
Reported pain levels on a subjective pain score of 0-10
Time frame: Pain level will be measured through study completion (up to 12 months).
Pain Medication
Amount of pain medication required, Morphine equivalent and acetaminophen use on hospital days 1-7
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 months
Length of Hospital Stay in days
How long the patient stays in the hospital in days
Time frame: Length of time from admission to discharge in days (up to 7 days)
Plan to share: No — No plan to be shared.
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