FatigueAcuSLENCT03200548
Acupressure for Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
A study of Fatigue and Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, run by Suzanna Zick at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by involvement of multiple organs with a female to male ratio of 12:1 with the highest incidence reported in women of child bearing age (15-44 years). Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Fatigue, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Pain, Chronic
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 52 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 14 Aug 2017to 19 Jul 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Report chronic (> 3 months) clinically relevant fatigue, defined as a score of ≥ 4 on the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)
- Have inactive disease, defined as SELENA SLEDAI ≤ 4 AND/OR no hospitalization or addition or increase in dose of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents, or antimalarial medications in the last 30 days.
- Have no commonly recognized medical explanations for fatigue (a history of cancer in the previous 5 years -except certain low risk cancer, unstable thyroid disease, moderate to severe chronic kidney disease, moderate to severe anemia)
- Are taking stable doses of anti-malarial therapy (hydroxychloroquine, quinacrine) for at least 6 months.
- Baseline glucocorticoid dose equivalent of ≤ 10 mg prednisone.
- No other planned intervention for fatigue other than current stable medication regimen
Who cannot join
- Pregnant or breast feeding
- Have a diagnosis of untreated mood disorder, e.g., bipolar or major depressive disorder
- Have an initiation, a cessation or change of treatment of any chronic medications, dietary supplements, behavioral therapy, physical therapy etc., or any planned change of medications, supplements or therapies during the study
- Acupuncture or acupressure receipt in past year
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Acupressure for Persistent Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by involvement of multiple organs with a female to male ratio of 12:1 with the highest incidence reported in women of child bearing age (15-44 years). In general, advances in diagnosis and management have led to significant improvements in outcomes. However, fatigue remains a challenging and prevalent issue for SLE patients.
The investigators aim to determine the feasibility of recruiting and conducting acupressure in fatigued persons with lupus; to explore the effect of two distinct acupressure formulas (relaxing and stimulating) plus usual care versus sham acupressure plus usual care and usual care alone on severity and impact of chronic fatigue (as measured by the Brief Fatigue Inventory) as well as quality of life, sleep and pain.
Read the detailed description
Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique that may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease. Our prior research demonstrated that acupressure, self-administered by women with breast cancer, significantly reduced clinically significant fatigue by approximately one-third in fatigued breast cancer survivors and was superior to standard therapies. Moreover these self-rated improvements were maintained up to one month after treatment was discontinued.
However, impact on other chronic disease populations with fatigue is unknown. To explore this intervention in SLE, the investigators are conducting a pilot randomized clinical trial among 72 SLE patients with established fatigue. The study will take place over the course of 12 weeks, including 5 participant interactions.
After completing the initial screening phone call, participant eligibility will be determined. If a participant is found ineligible then his or her participation in the study will end. If a participant is found eligible he or she may continue participation by attending the baseline visit during which participants will be randomized into one of four groups, three of which will be some type of acupressure and one which will be usual care.
In three of these groups participants will be taught how to perform acupressure and where your acupressure points are located by study staff members that have been trained by a certified acupressure practitioner. Each treatment group uses a different set of acupressure points and is instructed how to effectively stimulate those different points. The study staff member will demonstrate on the participant how much pressure to apply at an acupressure point and will observe the participant locating each acupressure point. Participants will also be given information to take home showing them where these acupressure points are placed on the body.
As part of this study, participants will be asked to attend 2 visits, answer phone calls or emails, and (if randomized to a treatment group) perform acupressure daily. There is also a follow-up visit or telephone call conducted at least 4 weeks after the last visit.
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Pain, Chronic, Quality of Life, Sleep
- Being tested
- Relaxing acupressure plus usual care, Usual care, Stimulating acupressure plus usual care, Sham acupressure plus usual care
- Medical subject headings
- Fatigue, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Chronic Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Relaxing acupressure plus usual careBehavioural
Experimental group. Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique for which may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease.
Usual careBehavioural
Negative control group. Participants are asked to carry on with their usual management practices and habits.
Stimulating acupressure plus usual careBehavioural
Experimental group. Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique for which may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease.
Sham acupressure plus usual careBehavioural
Positive control group. Chosen pressure points are not known to be effective.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxing acupressure plus usual care | Experimental | There is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily.The "True Acupressure" points were chosen based on a TCM theory for treating insomnia. Receives: Behavioral: Relaxing acupressure plus usual care |
| Stimulating acupressure plus usual care | Experimental | There is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily. Acupoints were chosen by consensus of 4 acupressure practitioners and based on a previous study design in students with sleep disturbances as well as TCM theory for treating insomnia and fatigue. Receives: Behavioral: Stimulating acupressure plus usual care |
| Sham acupressure plus usual care | Sham comparator | There is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily. None of these points are on meridians nor are they on actual points. They were chosen to be in the same general body quadrant as the true points. Receives: Behavioral: Sham acupressure plus usual care |
| Usual care | Placebo comparator | Participants will be asked to continue following their healthcare providers' instruction for chronic SLE management. We anticipate that most women will be treated per the American College of Rheumatology clinical guidelines. Participants will be asked to continue any current treatment and not to start or stop treatments including acupuncture/acupressure over the course of the study. All treatments for pain will be recorded. Receives: Behavioral: Usual care |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Fatigue Severity and Interference
Fatigue severity and interference will be determined according the Brief Fatigue Inventory questionnaire. The Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) survey questionnaire is a 9-question survey, with each question having 11 possible answers ("No fatigue" to "As bad as you can imagine"), scored from 0 to 10, with the total score being the sum of a participant's individual questions scores at a timepoint and will range from 0 to 90. Lower scores are considered good, better, or healthy, and increasingly higher scores indicate greater fatigue.
Measured: Four weeks post-treatment
Secondary outcomes (3)
Quality of Life Satisfaction
Quality of Life will be determined by the Rand SF-36. It is a reliable and valid self-report questionnaire consisting of 36 items aggregated to score 8 subscales related to physical and mental health. Subscales include Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Function, Role Emotional and Mental Health. Each subscale is calibrated to a scale from 0 to 100 where 0 represents worst outcome and 100 represents best possible outcome.
Measured: Four weeks post-treatment
Sleep Quality
Sleep quality will be determined by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a self-rated questionnaire which assesses sleep quality and disturbances over a 1-month time interval. Individual items generate seven "component" scores: subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances, use of sleeping medication, and daytime dysfunction. The sum of scores for these seven components yields one global score. Total scores range from 0 to 21. Higher scores indicate worse sleep quality.
Measured: Four weeks post-treatment
Presence of Pain, Intensity, and Interference
Pain presence, intensity and interference will be determined by the Brief Pain Inventory. The Brief Pain Inventory is an instrument that separately measures pain intensity and interference with physical and emotional functioning, such as sleep, relations with others, and enjoyment of life. Pain intensity is measured on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 means no pain and 10 means unbearable pain. Pain interference is measured on a scale of 0 - 10, where 0 = does not interfere, 10 = completely interferes.
Measured: Four weeks post-treatment
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted27 Jun 2017
- Study start14 Aug 2017
- Primary completion19 Jul 2019
- Study completion19 Jul 2019
Why it stopped: Low participant recruitment and retention
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (9)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for FatigueStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The investigators propose to perform a randomized, single-blind parallel clinical trial. This will be parallel design with four arms (relaxing acupressure plus usual care, stimulating acupressure plus usual care, sham acupressure plus usual care and usual care alone) for persistent fatigue in SLE.
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Who is masked
- Participant, Care provider, Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Suzanna Zick
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Michigan
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Suzanna Zick, University of Michigan
- Investigators
- Suzanna M Zick, ND, MPH, Principal investigator, University of Michigan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03200548
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HUM00127631
- Acronym
- AcuSLE
- Status last verified
- Jun 2022
- First submitted
- 23 Jun 2017
- Last updated
- 12 May 2023
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Zick SM, Sen A, Wyatt GK, Murphy SL, Arnedt JT, Harris RE. Investigation of 2 Types of Self-administered Acupressure for Persistent Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Nov 1;2(11):1470-1476. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1867.
PubMed 27388752Zick SM, Wyatt GK, Murphy SL, Arnedt JT, Sen A, Harris RE. Acupressure for persistent cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors (AcuCrft): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Aug 21;12:132. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-132.
PubMed 22909076Zick SM, Alrawi S, Merel G, Burris B, Sen A, Litzinger A, Harris RE. Relaxation acupressure reduces persistent cancer-related fatigue. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:142913. doi: 10.1155/2011/142913. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
PubMed 20924499Harris RE, Jeter J, Chan P, Higgins P, Kong FM, Fazel R, Bramson C, Gillespie B. Using acupressure to modify alertness in the classroom: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Aug;11(4):673-9. doi: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.673.
PubMed 16131291Danchenko N, Satia JA, Anthony MS. Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus: a comparison of worldwide disease burden. Lupus. 2006;15(5):308-18. doi: 10.1191/0961203306lu2305xx.
PubMed 16761508Bertsias GK, Salmon JE, Boumpas DT. Therapeutic opportunities in systemic lupus erythematosus: state of the art and prospects for the new decade. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Sep;69(9):1603-11. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.135186.
PubMed 20699243Cheuk DK, Yeung WF, Chung KF, Wong V. Acupuncture for insomnia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD005472. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005472.pub3.
PubMed 22972087Frost H, Stewart-Brown S. Acupressure for low back pain. BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):680-1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.680. No abstract available.
PubMed 16565098Kim YC, Lee MS, Park E-S, Lew J-H, Lee B-J. Acupressure for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 20 (2): 116-121, 2012.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 May 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Acupressure for Persistent Fatigue in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03200548
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AcuSLE / HUM00127631
- Conditions
- Fatigue, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Pain, Chronic, Quality of Life, Sleep
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Low participant recruitment and retention
- Enrolment
- 52 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Suzanna ZickUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University of Michigan
- Study start
- 14 Aug 2017 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 19 Jul 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 19 Jul 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 27 Jun 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Posted 12 May 2023
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by involvement of multiple organs with a female to male ratio of 12:1 with the highest incidence reported in women of child bearing age (15-44 years). In general, advances in diagnosis and management have led to significant improvements in outcomes. However, fatigue remains a challenging and prevalent issue for SLE patients.
The investigators aim to determine the feasibility of recruiting and conducting acupressure in fatigued persons with lupus; to explore the effect of two distinct acupressure formulas (relaxing and stimulating) plus usual care versus sham acupressure plus usual care and usual care alone on severity and impact of chronic fatigue (as measured by the Brief Fatigue Inventory) as well as quality of life, sleep and pain.
Detailed description
Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique that may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease. Our prior research demonstrated that acupressure, self-administered by women with breast cancer, significantly reduced clinically significant fatigue by approximately one-third in fatigued breast cancer survivors and was superior to standard therapies. Moreover these self-rated improvements were maintained up to one month after treatment was discontinued.
However, impact on other chronic disease populations with fatigue is unknown. To explore this intervention in SLE, the investigators are conducting a pilot randomized clinical trial among 72 SLE patients with established fatigue. The study will take place over the course of 12 weeks, including 5 participant interactions.
After completing the initial screening phone call, participant eligibility will be determined. If a participant is found ineligible then his or her participation in the study will end. If a participant is found eligible he or she may continue participation by attending the baseline visit during which participants will be randomized into one of four groups, three of which will be some type of acupressure and one which will be usual care.
In three of these groups participants will be taught how to perform acupressure and where your acupressure points are located by study staff members that have been trained by a certified acupressure practitioner. Each treatment group uses a different set of acupressure points and is instructed how to effectively stimulate those different points. The study staff member will demonstrate on the participant how much pressure to apply at an acupressure point and will observe the participant locating each acupressure point. Participants will also be given information to take home showing them where these acupressure points are placed on the body.
As part of this study, participants will be asked to attend 2 visits, answer phone calls or emails, and (if randomized to a treatment group) perform acupressure daily. There is also a follow-up visit or telephone call conducted at least 4 weeks after the last visit.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Triple blind (participant, care provider, outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 4
- Model description
- The investigators propose to perform a randomized, single-blind parallel clinical trial. This will be parallel design with four arms (relaxing acupressure plus usual care, stimulating acupressure plus usual care, sham acupressure plus usual care and usual care alone) for persistent fatigue in SLE.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxing acupressure plus usual care | Experimental | Behavioral: Relaxing acupressure plus usual careThere is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily.The "True Acupressure" points were chosen based on a TCM theory for treating insomnia. |
| Stimulating acupressure plus usual care | Experimental | Behavioral: Stimulating acupressure plus usual careThere is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily. Acupoints were chosen by consensus of 4 acupressure practitioners and based on a previous study design in students with sleep disturbances as well as TCM theory for treating insomnia and fatigue. |
| Sham acupressure plus usual care | Sham comparator | Behavioral: Sham acupressure plus usual careThere is a set of unilateral and bilateral acupoints that will be stimulated for 3 minutes per point giving a total treatment time of about 30 minutes daily. None of these points are on meridians nor are they on actual points. They were chosen to be in the same general body quadrant as the true points. |
| Usual care | Placebo comparator | Behavioral: Usual careParticipants will be asked to continue following their healthcare providers' instruction for chronic SLE management. We anticipate that most women will be treated per the American College of Rheumatology clinical guidelines. Participants will be asked to continue any current treatment and not to start or stop treatments including acupuncture/acupressure over the course of the study. All treatments for pain will be recorded. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Report chronic (> 3 months) clinically relevant fatigue, defined as a score of ≥ 4 on the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)
- Have inactive disease, defined as SELENA SLEDAI ≤ 4 AND/OR no hospitalization or addition or increase in dose of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive agents, or antimalarial medications in the last 30 days.
- Have no commonly recognized medical explanations for fatigue (a history of cancer in the previous 5 years -except certain low risk cancer, unstable thyroid disease, moderate to severe chronic kidney disease, moderate to severe anemia)
- Are taking stable doses of anti-malarial therapy (hydroxychloroquine, quinacrine) for at least 6 months.
- Baseline glucocorticoid dose equivalent of ≤ 10 mg prednisone.
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Pregnant or breast feeding
- Have a diagnosis of untreated mood disorder, e.g., bipolar or major depressive disorder
- Have an initiation, a cessation or change of treatment of any chronic medications, dietary supplements, behavioral therapy, physical therapy etc., or any planned change of medications, supplements or therapies during the study
- Acupuncture or acupressure receipt in past year
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxing acupressure plus usual careExperimental group. Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique for which may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease. | Behavioural | Relaxing acupressure plus usual care |
| Usual careNegative control group. Participants are asked to carry on with their usual management practices and habits. | Behavioural | Usual care |
| Stimulating acupressure plus usual careExperimental group. Self-administered acupressure is one possible safe, self-management technique for which may be effective for improving fatigue as well as physical and psychosocial functioning in several chronic disease populations. Acupressure, a technique derived from acupuncture, is a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in which pressure is applied to specific acupoints on the body using a finger or small device, to treat disease. | Behavioural | Stimulating acupressure plus usual care |
| Sham acupressure plus usual carePositive control group. Chosen pressure points are not known to be effective. | Behavioural | Sham acupressure plus usual care |
Primary outcome
Fatigue Severity and Interference
Time frame: Four weeks post-treatment
Fatigue severity and interference will be determined according the Brief Fatigue Inventory questionnaire. The Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) survey questionnaire is a 9-question survey, with each question having 11 possible answers ("No fatigue" to "As bad as you can imagine"), scored from 0 to 10, with the total score being the sum of a participant's individual questions scores at a timepoint and will range from 0 to 90. Lower scores are considered good, better, or healthy, and increasingly higher scores indicate greater fatigue.
3 secondary outcomes
Quality of Life Satisfaction
Time frame: Four weeks post-treatment
Sleep Quality
Time frame: Four weeks post-treatment
Presence of Pain, Intensity, and Interference
Time frame: Four weeks post-treatment
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 May 2023.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 27388752Zick SM, Sen A, Wyatt GK, Murphy SL, Arnedt JT, Harris RE. Investigation of 2 Types of Self-administered Acupressure for Persistent Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2016 Nov 1;2(11):1470-1476. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1867.
- Background: PubMed 22909076Zick SM, Wyatt GK, Murphy SL, Arnedt JT, Sen A, Harris RE. Acupressure for persistent cancer-related fatigue in breast cancer survivors (AcuCrft): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Aug 21;12:132. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-132.
- Background: PubMed 20924499Zick SM, Alrawi S, Merel G, Burris B, Sen A, Litzinger A, Harris RE. Relaxation acupressure reduces persistent cancer-related fatigue. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:142913. doi: 10.1155/2011/142913. Epub 2010 Sep 2.
- Background: PubMed 16131291Harris RE, Jeter J, Chan P, Higgins P, Kong FM, Fazel R, Bramson C, Gillespie B. Using acupressure to modify alertness in the classroom: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Aug;11(4):673-9. doi: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.673.
- Background: PubMed 16761508Danchenko N, Satia JA, Anthony MS. Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus: a comparison of worldwide disease burden. Lupus. 2006;15(5):308-18. doi: 10.1191/0961203306lu2305xx.
- Background: PubMed 20699243Bertsias GK, Salmon JE, Boumpas DT. Therapeutic opportunities in systemic lupus erythematosus: state of the art and prospects for the new decade. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Sep;69(9):1603-11. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.135186.
- Background: PubMed 22972087Cheuk DK, Yeung WF, Chung KF, Wong V. Acupuncture for insomnia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD005472. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005472.pub3.
- Background: PubMed 16565098Frost H, Stewart-Brown S. Acupressure for low back pain. BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):680-1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.680. No abstract available.
- BackgroundKim YC, Lee MS, Park E-S, Lew J-H, Lee B-J. Acupressure for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 20 (2): 116-121, 2012.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Suzanna M Zick, ND, MPH principal investigator
University of Michigan
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study of Fatigue and Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, run by Suzanna Zick at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 May 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 12 May 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Fatigue Severity and Interference (time frame: Four weeks post-treatment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03200548, which also lists 9 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 May 2023.