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RATIONALE: Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation may improve attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). PURPOSE: This randomized-controlled trial study of treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of school-aged children with transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation to see how well it works compared to sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation.


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OBJECTIVES: Primary To determine whether true transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS) administered twice weekly for 4 weeks (8 sessions) compared to sham TEAS causes a significant improvement in symptoms of ADHD according to the investigator-rated Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) scores at week 4. Secondary To evaluate the changes from baseline to week 4 of Clinical Global Impressions Scale-Severity of Illness (CGI-S),Conners'Parent Rating Scales-Revised: Short Form (CPRS-R: S) score, Conners'Teacher Rating Scales-Revised: Short Form (CTRS-R: S) score, go/no-go task performances, and the concentration of oxygenated hemoglobin within the prefrontal cortex. OUTLINE: This is a single-center study. Patients are randomized to two treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive TEAS twice weekly for 4 weeks . Arm II: Patients receive sham TEAS twice weekly for 4 weeks . ;


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NCT number NCT03917953
Study type Interventional
Source First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 1, 2019
Completion date January 17, 2020

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