Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


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NCT ID: NCT03711734
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing ACL Surgery with a participating surgeon * English Speaking * Patients at least 12 years old * Planned spinal anesthesia without peripheral nerve block (rescue block is okay) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 12 * Non-English speaking patients * Patients planning on having general anesthesia * Planned preop peripheral nerve block * Patients with the inability to understand/follow study protocol * Patients with pacemaker/AICD * Non-native Ear/Previous scarring/surgical manipulation of ear * Patients with contraindications to intra-op protocol * Chronic pain patients * Patients who have regularly used opioids for more than 6 weeks prior to surgery * Patients with guages in their ears * Patients who refuse to remove earrings/piercings prior to surgery * Patients with nickel allergies (needles are made of nickel)
Healthy Volunteers: True
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 12 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years
Study: NCT03711734
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT03711734