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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20151228025732N55</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2020-08-15</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Semnan University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Evaluation of the effect pain intensity caused by the insertion of vascular needles in blood donors</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Evaluation of the effect of acupuncture on the pain intensity caused by the insertion of vascular needles in blood donors</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2020-08-20</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>60</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/47035</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research, Randomization description: Block randomization; Individual; Random Number Tables. 
Randomized permutation blocks (block 3). 
Using Excel software to generate random number tables, Blinding description: The participant, the main researcher, health personnel who evaluate the outcomes will not be informed about the grouping of patients and the type of medication.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Intensity of pain.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: To find the Large intestine 4 (LI4) acupressure point, the Point exell model acupuncture precision point finder is used. Five minutes before the blood collection needle is inserted (Makofarma Iran Company), the LI4 acupressure point of both hands is pressed for 1.5 minutes and repeated after a 10-second pause. The needle is then inserted into a blood vessel in the anterior region of the forearm. (3 times in total and for a total of 5 minutes). Intervention 2: Intervention group 2 (Placebo): Five minutes before the needle is inserted, the acupressure intervention is performed outside the LI4 acupressure point of both hands, between the fourth and fifth metacarpals behind the palm. The needle is then inserted into a blood vessel in the anterior region of the forearm. (3 times in total and for a total of 5 minutes). Intervention 3: Control group: Only for comparison with intervention group, no intervention is performed.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is No more information.</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Mohammadreza Asgari</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Basij Blvd, Semnan</address>
        <city>Semnan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>3514799442</zip>
        <telephone>+98 23 3345 1336</telephone>
        <email>are20935@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Semnan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Mohammadreza Asgari</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Basij Blvd, Semnan</address>
        <city>Semnan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>3514799442</zip>
        <telephone>+98 23 3345 1336</telephone>
        <email>are20935@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Semnan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Absence of simultaneous pain in another area of the body</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>25 years</agemin>
      <agemax>50 years</agemax>
      <gender>Male</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Intolerance to pressure in the area of acupressure
Impossibility of taking blood vessel from the person in the first attempt
Existence of injury, lesion, or trauma at the site of acupressure that intervention is not possible</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>G89</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Pain, not elsewhere classified</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Devices</i_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Devices</i_code>
      <i_code>Diagnosis</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group 1: To find the Large intestine 4 (LI4) acupressure point, the Point exell model acupuncture precision point finder is used. Five minutes before the blood collection needle is inserted (Makofarma Iran Company), the LI4 acupressure point of both hands is pressed for 1.5 minutes and repeated after a 10-second pause. The needle is then inserted into a blood vessel in the anterior region of the forearm. (3 times in total and for a total of 5 minutes).</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group 2 (Placebo): Five minutes before the needle is inserted, the acupressure intervention is performed outside the LI4 acupressure point of both hands, between the fourth and fifth metacarpals behind the palm. The needle is then inserted into a blood vessel in the anterior region of the forearm. (3 times in total and for a total of 5 minutes).</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: Only for comparison with intervention group, no intervention is performed.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Intensity of pain. Timepoint: Before and after inserting a vascular needle. Method of measurement: Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRPS).</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Semnan University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2020-07-28</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics committee of Semnan University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Basij Blvd, Semnan Semnan Semnan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
