ArticleClinical trials (London, England)2020
Double-blinding of an acupuncture randomized controlled trial optimized with clinical translational science award resources.
Article in Clinical trials (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.The journal of pain · 2026Trial
- Effect of Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Study Protocol for a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Designing an Attention Control Condition for a Randomized Controlled Trial Using TED Talks.Western journal of nursing research · 2025Article
- Research Methodology in Acupuncture for Managing Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Scoping Review.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2025Article
- Evaluation and Treatment of Vulvodynia: State of the Science.Journal of midwifery & women's health · 2023Review
- Protocol for double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Image-based documentation of vulvodynia pain location.Pain management · 2022Article
- A scoping review of vulvodynia research: Diagnosis, treatment, and care experiences.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundClinical trial articles often lack detailed descriptions of the methods used to randomize participants, conceal allocation, and blind subjects and investigators to group assignment. We describe our systematic approach to implement and measure blinding success in a double-blind phase 2 randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of vulvodynia.
methodsRandomization stratified by vulvodynia subtype is managed by Research Electronic Data Capture software's randomization module adapted to achieve complete masking of group allocation. Subject and acupuncturist blinding assessments are conducted multiple times to identify possible correlates of unblinding.
resultsAt present, 48 subjects have been randomized and completed the protocol resulting in 87 subject and 206 acupuncturist blinding assessments. DISCUSSION: Our approach to blinding and blinding assessment has the potential to improve our understanding of unblinding over time in the presence of possible clinical improvement.
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