The Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Elderly Patients of Stroke: a Pragmatic Study of Acupuncture for Primary Care
Stroke and its sequelae are a major indication for acupuncture. The specific aims of this study are to assess the feasibility of pragmatic clinical trial on acupuncture in primary care setting and evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation in Hong Kong.
NCT04971603 — Stroke
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/stroke/NCT04971603/
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Response of Cardio-metabolic Risk Factors to Laser Acupuncture Versus Cupping-with-scarification
Every-two-week applied cupping (with scarification) session within one month on back of upper thorax is not compared previously regarding its effect on cardio-metabolic risk factors to the daily application of laser on acupoints (for month, except Fridays) in fatty liver patients. This trial will compare the two procedure effects on cardio-metabolic risk factors in fatty liver.
NCT04971434 — Fatty Liver
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/fatty-liver/NCT04971434/
The Effects of Electroacupuncture and Laser acupuncture Therapy for Patients With Major Trauma
Major trauma is a significant cause for morbidity and mortality in the world. After traumatic injury, the damage tissue could induce systemic inflammatory response (SIRS) and activate autonomic nervous system in response to stress, followed by compensatory anti-inflammatory response (CARS). Imbalance of SIRS and CARS may lead to organ failures, sepsis and death.
NCT04970433 — Major Trauma
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/major-trauma/NCT04970433/
Cardiovascular Protective Role of Laser Acupuncture in Systemic Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic and multisystemic autoimmune disorder which predominantly affecting women. The most common cause of death in lupus patients affected by disease for more than 5 years is cardiovascular disease due to presence of some factors as oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines , dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension.
NCT04970199 — System; Lupus Erythematosus
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/system-lupus-erythematosus/NCT04970199/
Does LI4 Acupuncture Provide an Effective Analgesia During Intrauterine Device
Pain during IUD insertion is substantially psychologic in origin, responds extremely well to non-pharmacologic interventions. Considering the fact that acupuncture is a modality exerting both psychologic and physiologic effects, the authors presume that acupuncture administration before IUD insertion may have positive effects on pain control. From this point of view, the aim of this study to investigate the effects of LI4 acupuncture administered shortly before IUD insertion on pain perception and discomfort of the women.
NCT04963582 — Acute Pain
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/acute-pain/NCT04963582/
Electrical Acupuncture for Protracted Withdrawal of Opioid Use Disorder: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Opioid use disorder (OUD) the most harmful of all the illicit drugs is a serious substance-related disorder resulting from abuse or misuse of opioids. Huge number of patients are addictive to opioid and evidences show that patients with OUD have high rates of infectious diseases.The "World Drug Report 2020" has declared that 58 million people used opioids in 2018 and some 35.6 million people suffered from drug use disorders globally. More than 11 million people inject drugs, while 1.4 million PWID are living with HIV, 5.5 million with hepatitis C and 1.2 million are living with both hepatitis C and HIV. The long-term physical and mental symptoms of some opioid drug users after detoxification treatment are called protracted opioid withdrawal syndrome (POAS). POAS is one of the important causes of relapse. Methadone maintenance treatment is the most widespread and extensively researched treatment for heroin addiction and has been shown to reduce the frequency of opioid use, the mortality, and the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and viral hepatitis. But higher daily methadone dose and increasing duration of treatment conduce the addiction in methadone. Other medication therapy like naltrexone treatment is also associated with high rates of noncompliance and opioid relapse. Meanwhile, relapse to heroin use following cessation of agonist maintenance treatment is common. The problems associated with use of opioid agonists have made it necessary to develop non-opioid therapies to ameliorate the symptoms of acute and protracted opioid withdrawal. Acupuncture based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory is becoming a popular complementary and alternative treatment worldwide. Study showed that acupuncture reduced the depression symptoms and cravings of patients under methadone maintenance treatment. Another study by Le et al. (2016) showed that electric acupuncture has been associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms through the adjustment of HPA axis function and increasing the hippocampus activity. And also some research show the efficiency of acupuncture in treating mice with OUD. Investigators conduct a pragmatic randomized controlled trials(pRCT) to observe the effect of acupuncture in a larger sample. It combines the advantages of randomization and real-world data, and the results can provide the best real-world evidence for the assessment of intervention effects or comparative effects.
NCT04961294 — Opioid-Related Disorders
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/opioid-related-disorders/NCT04961294/
GB34 Acupuncture as Adjuvant in Early Phase of Medical Treatment of Mild Acute Cholecystitis
The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the effects of GB34 acupuncture, performed as adjuvant to standard medical treatment, on clinical response and laboratory parameters of patients with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis.
NCT04960189 — Acute Cholecystitis
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/acute-cholecystitis/NCT04960189/
Development and Validation of Non-Invasive Sham Technique Using Blunted Acupuncture Needle
The objective of this study is to develop, describe in detail and validate a feasible, cheap and convenient non-invasive sham acupuncture technique in order to use safely and repeatedly in future studies. Additionally, the reactions of the volunteers to sham needles in different positions and in different parts of the body will be investigated.
NCT04960176 — Acupuncture
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/acupuncture/NCT04960176/
EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE ON LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN SPORTS STUDENTS
Press tack needle is one of the acupuncture modalities in the form of needles that are attached to the skin, and can be left attached to the skin for several days which makes its use much easier than conventional acupuncture. The purpose of this study was to determine how the effect of press tack needle acupuncture on leg muscle strength performed on sports students. Research subjects as many as 30 people were randomized into two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. In the intervention group, acupuncture treatment was performed with a press tack needle at acupuncture points on the legs. The leg muscle strength was measured using a leg dynamometer before and after the acupuncture intervention. Analyzed the difference in mean leg muscle strength before and after the intervention, and between the two groups.
NCT04960150 — Muscle Strength
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/muscle-strength/NCT04960150/
Acupuncture for Olfactory Dysfunction in Infected COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized, Sham-controlled Clinical Trial
In this a 12-week, single blinded, randomized sham controlled, and cross-over clinical trial. It will be conducted to explore the safety and efficacy of acupuncture for olfactory dysfunction in infected COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong.
NCT04959747 — Covid19
Status: Not yet recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/covid19/NCT04959747/