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Can ear acupressure and a smartphone app ease chronic pain in rural america?

NCT ID NCT07179016

Symptom relief Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a 4-week program that teaches people in rural areas to use ear acupressure (a non-needle technique) to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain like back, neck, or knee pain. Participants use a smartphone app to learn self-treatment, with some receiving in-person training and others remote guidance, compared to a standard education group. The goal is to see if this approach reduces pain intensity, improves daily activities, and lessens pain-related worry over 6 months.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 693 people

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Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Aug 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 85 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Receive any pain management for CMP (neck, back, shoulder, hands, hips, knees, feet) * Have CMP ≥ 4 on a scale of 0-10 that has persisted for at least 3 months or has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Severe ear skin disorder (Diagnosed with conditions e.g., eczema, lupus with skin involvement) which often require medical intervention and severe allergy to tape * Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent * Use of some type of hearing aid where size may obstruct seed placement * Not living in rural area

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Arthralgia Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

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Chronic knee pain Chronic pain (back / neck) Chronic pain management Joint pain

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The University of Texas Health science Center at Houston

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    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

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    Fort Worth, Texas, 76107, United States

  • University of South Carolina

    RECRUITING

    Columbia, South Carolina, 29208, United States

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