Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, a 8-week, single blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial will be conducted to examine the efficacy and safety of body acupuncture in the treatment of central obesity in Hong Kong.

Clinical Trial Description

This is a pilot single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial. 168 central obesity patients will be randomly assigned to acupuncture group or control group. The duration of the treatment will be 8 weeks with 2 session per week and the follow-up period will be 2 weeks. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03815253
Study type	Interventional
Source	Hong Kong Baptist University
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	February 1, 2019
Completion date	February 28, 2021

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