Acupuncture Versus Conventional Treatment for Chronic Pain in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

This study evaluated acupuncture plus optimized conventional pharmacological treatment compared with optimized conventional pharmacological treatment alone for chronic pain in adults with chronic kidney disease receiving conservative treatment, peritoneal dialysis, or hemodialysis. The study was conducted prospectively at a single center. Actual allocation was not exclusively randomized because some participants who expressed a preference for acupuncture before allocation were assigned to the acupuncture group, while the planned random sequence was used for participants without an expressed preference.