Effects of Electroacupuncture With Different Frequencies for Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Electroacupuncture With Different Frequencies for Major Depressive Disorder

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05144880
• Other study ID #: 2020YKJ08
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Two groups of subjects will be included 55 subjects in electroacupuncture with 2Hz group, 55 subjects in the electroacupuncture with 100Hz group. The clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture with different frequencies (2 Hz, 100 Hz) in the treatment of MDD will be observed by evaluation indicators, such as Self-rating depression scale and Hamilton depression scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 110
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients su?ering from MDD in accordance with the diagnostic criteria;

2. Hamilton Depression Scale score is between 21 and 35 (mild to moderate MDD);

3. 18=age=60 years, both gender;

4. Patients who have not used antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs (including traditional Chinese medicine), or have used them but have stopped for at least 2 weeks;

5. Patients have clear consciousness and could communicate with others normally;

6. Patients could understand the full study protocol and written informed consent is provided by themselves. Note: Subjects who meet the above six items will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with bipolar disorder;

2. Patients with schizophrenia or other mental disorders;

3. Patients with severe medical diseases, tumors or diseases of the central nervous system;

4. Patients su?ering from severe depressive episode with psychotic symptoms;

5. Suicidal patients;

6. Patients with seasonal depression;

7. Patients with organic depression;

8. Patients with alcohol or drug addicts;

9. Patients using other therapies;

10. Patients in pregnancy or lactation;

11. Patients suffering from cognitive dysfunction, aphasia or other diseases that cannot cooperate with treatment;

12. Patients with pacemakers;

13. Patients who are not suitable for electroacupuncture.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Depressive Disorder, Major
• Major Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Other:
• electroacupuncture
A total of 12 treatment sessions will be administered to each participant. The acupoints of needles inserted for each participant in each session are DU20, EX-HN1, DU29, HT17, PC6, RN6, RN4, LR3 and SP6. The needles will be manually stimulated by rotating, thrusting, stirring, etc. to produce ''De Qi'' sensation. Then we will use electroacupuncture for acupoint stimulation lasting 30min. The frequency will be set as 2Hz for the electroacupuncture with 2Hz group and the frequency will be set as 100Hz for the electroacupuncture with 100Hz group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Xiaoyu Li	Hangzhou	Zhejiang

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in anxiety and depression severity measure by Self-rating depression scale(SDS)	This scale contains 20 items that reflect the subjective feelings of depression, 10 of which are positive scores and 10 are reverse scores. Each item is divided into four grades according to the frequency of symptoms, If it is a positive scoring question, it will be rated as 1, 2, 3, and 4 points; for a reverse scoring question, it will be rated as 4, 3, 2, and 1. After the evaluation, add up the scores in the 20 items to get the total rough score, and then multiply the rough score by 1.25 and take the integer part to get the standard score	There will be evaluated before intervention, at 2, 4weeks after intervention and at the end of 4-weeks follow-up.
Primary	Change in the severity of depression measure by Hamilton depression scale (HAMD)	This scale is performed by two trained raters to perform a HAMD, usually in the form of conversation and observation. After the examination, the two raters will score independently	There will be evaluated before intervention, at 2, 4weeks after intervention and at the end of 4-weeks follow-up.
Secondary	Change in sleep quality measured by Insomnia severity index (ISI)		There will be evaluated before intervention, at 2, 4weeks after intervention and at the end of 4-weeks follow-up.
Secondary	Change in Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome score		There will be evaluated before intervention, at 2, 4weeks after intervention and at the end of 4-weeks follow-up.