ACL pain study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT03506685
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if adding dry needling and soft tissue massage to standard care could reduce pain and the need for painkillers after ACL reconstruction. It planned to follow patients for four weeks after surgery. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dry needling and soft tissue mobilization
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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.
- Started
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Jun 2018
- Finished
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Jun 2019
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 40 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-40 Department of Defense( DOD) beneficiaries (17 if Cadet) * Scheduled for ACL Reconstruction Surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Self-Reported Pregnancy * History of blood borne pathogens/infectious disease/active infection/metal allergy * Bleeding disorders or currently taking anti-coagulant medications * Participants who are not fluent in English
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Keller Army Community Hospital
West Point, New York, 10996, United States