Clinical Trial to Measure Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment for Alzheimer's Dementia as Measured by MOCA(Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
Evaluate cognitive improvement pre amd post acupuncture treatment in patients with probable alzheimer's dementia as measured by MOCA score and also per form A( measure of patient's personal information). Also caregiver input.
NCT04064021 — Alzheimer Disease
Status: Withdrawn
http://inclinicaltrials.com/alzheimer-disease/NCT04064021/
Effects of Acupuncture on Xerostomia and Xerophthalmia in Sjögren's Syndrome: a Randomized, Double-blinded Clinical Trial
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a multisystemic chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands, resulting in salivary and lacrimal glands hypofunction, with symptoms of dry eyes and mouth. Xerostomia and xerophthalmia present profound negative impact on patients' quality of life, especially due to difficulties in swallowing, dysarthria, dysgeusia, halitosis and burning tongue, discomfort and visual disturbances that lead to daily activities difficulty such as driving or reading. Although some drugs may improve symptoms and prevent SS complications, they can cause significant adverse effects and even fail to relieve symptoms. Integrative and complementary techniques have become a therapeutic option for SS patients. Scientific evidence has supported the efficacy of acupuncture in relieving symptoms of xerostomia and xerophthalmia. Due to the lack of well-controlled and standardized clinical studies, this study aimed to conduct a randomized and controlled trial to determine the efficacy of acupuncture as a therapeutic option for SS patients' symptoms relief.
NCT04056221 — Sjogren's Syndrome
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/sjogren-s-syndrome/NCT04056221/
Efficacy, Safety and Underlying Mechanisms of Sphenopalatine Ganglion Acupuncture for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis: a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled Study
In recent years, a number of randomized controlled trials have confirmed the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR). Indeed, the latest American clinical guidelines recommended acupuncture treatment for AR patients who are interested in non-pharmacological treatment. In conventional acupuncture treatment for AR, needles are inserted at specific acupoints in the body; with several studies demonstrating acupuncture of sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) to improve nasal symptoms and quality of life in nasal inflammatory diseases. The investigators hypothesize that, compared with sham acupuncture and rescue medication (RM), active SPG acupuncture combined with RM would lead to greater improvements in symptoms score and reduction in overall need for antihistamines. To test this hypothesis the investigators design a randomized, double blind, controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of SPG acupuncture in pollen-induced seasonal AR patients and to explore the potential underlying mechanisms.
NCT04052945 — Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/seasonal-allergic-rhinitis/NCT04052945/
One Needle Hand Acupuncture (Combined) With Movement for Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial Involving 3 Groups
The purpose of this research study is to study the method of acupuncture called one needle hand acupuncture, where a needle is placed just in your hand, in order to treat pain in various locations. Benefits of acupuncture will be studied over time to determine short and long term effects of acupuncture, and see how acupuncture may alter or modify a patient's disease process.
NCT04048941 — Pain
Status: Active, not recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/pain/NCT04048941/
Acupuncture for Sleep Disturbances in Post-Deployment Military Service Members
This randomized study will evaluate the effect of a brief acupuncture therapy in addition to a brief cognitive behavioral therapy in mitigating sleep disturbances in post-deployment military service members using reliable and valid measures.
NCT04031365 — Sleep Disturbance
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/sleep-disturbance/NCT04031365/
The Effect of Acupuncture on in Vitro Fertilization/ Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Embryo Transfer (IVF/ICSI-ET) Outcomes in Patients With Poor Ovarian Response Diagnosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This prospective randomized controlled trial is designed to investigate the effect of acupuncture on IVF/ICSI outcome in women with poor ovarian response. The study population consisted of all infertile women with a previous poor ovarian response who will undergo IVF/ICSI in Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan institute, Tehran Iran. To minimize the effect of ovarian stimulation protocol, a stratified randomization method according to ovarian stimulation protocols (GnRH agonist stopped and GnRH antagonist) is used.
NCT04013984 — Poor Ovarian Response
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/poor-ovarian-response/NCT04013984/
Effect of Acupuncture on Nausea, Vomiting, Pain, PGE2 and IL 6 in Septorhinoplasty Operations; Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study
Acupuncture has emerged in China about 2,000 years ago and is one of the oldest medical procedures in the world.Later acupuncture was introduced to other regions such as Asia, Europe and the United States.The most extensive use of acupuncture is for pain relief.Especially, postoperative nausea and vomiting have been studied.In one study, PC6 (approximately two cm above the midline of the wrist line) showed antiemetic effect, with the addition of other acupuncture points, it proved to have a protective effect in the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting.ST36 (Approximately 1-2 cm laterally from the tuberocyte tibia) is an acupuncture point used in the treatment of diseases such as inflammation, acute pain, hypertension and gastrointestinal disorders.
NCT04009070 — Pain
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/pain/NCT04009070/
Cancer-related Cognitive Function Acupuncture Pilot Study (CLARITY
This study is being done to explore whether acupuncture can improve cognitive difficulties in patients diagnosed with cancer.
NCT04007770 — Gynecologic Cancer
Status: Active, not recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/gynecologic-cancer/NCT04007770/
Therapeutic Effect of Laser Acupuncture on Insomnia in Perimenopausal Women : a Randomized, Double-blind Controlled Study
According to previous studies, the quality of subjective sleep in women is generally worse than that of men. Although studies have shown that menopausal women who use hormone therapy can improve sleep disorders, the limited benefits of hormone therapy are reported, the duration of treatment and efficacy required is uncertain. The suspicions of the safety of hormone therapy have deterred many menopausal women. Systematic review and meta-analysis show that acupuncture and related therapies (including electro-acupuncture, ear needle, body acupoint massage and ear acupoint massage, etc.) used in the study of insomnia treatment have a significant therapeutic effect. However, for the reason that most of them are invasive treatments, patients receiving such treatment are often afraid and hesitated. This study will apply the low-energy laser acupuncture treatment trials to menopausal women with insomnia. Sixty perimenopausal female volunteer subjects with 45-60 years of age who have been assessed and screened for sleep disorders will be recruited and participate in this experiment. After completing the basic data and various related scales, the subjects will undergo a double-blind, randomly allocated and controlled clinical trials. The experimental procedure is that the subjects will be placed in a soundproof, lying on a comfortable bed. After the instruments setting ready, subject receives the monitoring of 5-minute heart rate variability (HRV) measurements before and after the near-infrared laser acupuncture (10mWx10) treatment, a total of 30 minutes experimental process. The results of the analysis will be based on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index (PSQI) questionnaire, the Insomnia Severe Index scale (ISI) data as the main assessment results for analysis. The Menopause Rating Scale, (MRS), the Beck Depression Inventory Index scale (BDI-II) and the signal measurements of heart rate variability will be analyzed as secondary assessment grounds. Data of the questionnaires will be analyzed by the statistical method of Pair-t test for the comparison of the data before and after trial. The signal data of heart rate variability are analyzed by the two way ANOVA method. We expect that by way of combination of low-energy laser light irradiation method and theory of effective acupoints for insomnia can effectively improve the quality of sleep in peri-menopausal women.
NCT04000113 — Insomnia Type; Sleep Disorder
Status: Recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/insomnia-type-sleep-disorder/NCT04000113/
Battlefield Acupuncture for Acute/Subacute Back Pain in the Emergency Department
The randomized controlled study aims was to investigate the pain control of Battle Field Acupuncture as Primary or Adjunctive Treatment in Back Pain (Acute Musculoskeletal pain) in the (acute pain setting) Emergency Department vs stand of care pain medications.
NCT03996564 — Low Back Pain, Mechanical
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/low-back-pain-mechanical/NCT03996564/