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Cervicogenic DizzinessSESTOMTCDNCT05604937

Safety and Efficacy of Shi's Traumatology Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Cervicogenic Dizziness

A study testing Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulation and Merislon in people with Cervicogenic Dizziness, run by Zhan Yunfan at 3 sites in China.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This is a randomized, controlled, multi-center clinical trail to objectively evaluate safety and efficacy of shi's traumatology Osteopathic manipulative treatment for cervicogenic dizziness. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Cervicogenic Dizziness
What is being tested?
Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulation and Merislon
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
114 participants
Where
3 sitesChina
Study dates
14 Feb 2023to 20 Apr 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 18~65 years old;
  • Meet diagnostic criteria of cervicogenic dizziness;
  • Had cervical odontoid process deviation showed ·on CT 3D reconstruction of cervical spine or CT plain scan of atlantoaxial joint cross-section at inclusion.
  • Patients had dizziness symptom at inclusion
  • 31 ≤ DHI ≤ 60;
  • Course of disease ≥ 1 month;
  • Patients were volunteer to joint this study, and signed written informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Dizziness caused by other diseases (like otogenic, cerebral, traumatic, ophthalmogenic, neurofunctional, intracranial tumor, subclavian steal syndrome etc.)
  • Cervical vertebra has fracture, dislocation, tuberculosis, acute cervical spine disc protrusion, infection, cancer;
  • Patients has severe heart, liver, brain, kidney complications or other serious diseases;
  • Uncontrolled hypertension grade Ⅱ or higher, or blood pressure≥160/100mmHg after antihypertensive treatment;
  • Patients has a history of carotid plaque;
  • Pregnancy, lactation, family planning, or patients judged not to use effective contraception.
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  • Patients has mental diseases;
  • Has Suspected or confirmed history of alcohol or drug abuse
  • Patients are afraid of Manual therapy
  • Patients are allergic to betahistine mesylate tablets
  • Had participated in other clinical trials within 3 months before screening
  • Researchers considered Other conditions that were not appropriate to participate in the trial

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

China3 sites
  • Yueyang traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200083

  • Shanghai General Hospital

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200940

  • Baoshan traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201999

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About this study

Official title: Safety and Efficacy of Shi's Traumatology Osteopathic Manipulation for Cervicogenic Dizziness: A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Trial

This is a randomized, controlled, multi-center clinical trail to objectively evaluate safety and efficacy of shi's traumatology Osteopathic manipulative treatment for cervicogenic dizziness. Multi-center study is planned to be carried out in 4 medical institutions in Shanghai, including Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yueyang traditional chinese and western medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Baoshan traditional chinese and western medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shanghai General Hospital. Randomly Assigned 106 patients (18 < ages <65 ) who meet the diagnostic criteria of cervicogenic dizziness to the treatment group and the control group by a ratio of 1:1, using betahistine mesylate tablets as positive control. Observe and compare the variations of Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) from baseline in two groups after 2 weeks treatment, using Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) as the main efficacy index. After the end of treatment, performing 4weeks follow-up, focus to compare the recurrence rate of vertigo symptoms in the period of 4weeks follow-up after 2 weeks treatment. The safety indexes will be observed and compared, including vital sign, physical examination and adverse event, in the trail.

The electronic case Report Form (eCRF) will be used to collect and manage the study data.

The data of the primary efficacy index, DHI, patient's vertigo condition report, both use electronic patient-reported outcome (e-PRO) to collect. To ensure quality of study, this trail intends to set safeguard measures for clinical trail including setting Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to monitor study quality, evaluating efficacy by the third person, training manual therapy physicians, make access and regular and irregular assessment consistent.

Read the detailed description

Recruitment Participants will be recruited from outpatients of Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yueyang traditional chinese and western medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Baoshan traditional chinese and western medicine Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shanghai General Hospital. Researcher will provide both oral and written information about the trial to patients, and explain detailed information about participating in the trail, including interventions, procedures and potential adverse reactions. Written informed consent will be obtained from all participants prior to their participation. Researcher will protect the confidentiality of the participants by keeping anonymous state. Documents that have the identity participants will be kept strictly confidential. The researchers in each clinical trail center should take responsibility for medical treatment of patients and make medical decisions related to clinical trail. Ensure patients can receive effective treatment for their diseases during the clinical period or when adverse events happen.

Data management The electronic case Report Form (eCRF) will be used to collect and manage data of this trial. The primary and secondary outcomes will be collected by the eCRF.

Electronic Data Capture Data collection and Management

  • CRF: CRF will be designed by data manager according to the protocol, and set up data validation rules, according to Data Validation Plan. It will be used after passing the test and being approved by sponsor.
  • Data Entry: CRF data are derived from original records. Data entry personnel enter visit data of patients into Electronic Data Capture (EDC) in time, according to instructions.
  • Source Data Verification (SDV): The monitor performs source data verification (SDV) to check the consistency of CRF data and source data. Issue if there has questions.
  • Data Questions and Answers: Questions come from EDC logical verification system questions, auditors, data managers and other manual questions. Researchers need to timely answer questions. The data manager and the monitor will reply to the question, and may issue the question again if necessary, until the data is "clean".
  • Researcher Signature: After data entering and SDV, researchers use electronic signature to review and confirm data. If data should be modified after the signature, researchers need to sign the signature again.
  • Database Locking: Database locking will be signed by the main researchers, sponsor, statistical analyst and data manager. The data manager locks the database.
  • Database Submitting: Database will be submitted to statistical analyst by data manager.
  • CRF Archiving: Each patient's CRF will generate as a PDF electronic document for preservation
  • Data Management Report: Data manager write reports of data management.
  • EDC Shutdown: Data manager will shut down the database after statistical analysis completed.

External data transmission Sign external data transmission protocol and manage external data according to DMP.

Medical code Adverse events will use ICH M1: Medical Dictionary of Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) (Version 21.0 or above) to code. Drug combination use WHO ATC to classify.

Sample Size Calculation In summary of previous research reports, the effective rate of Betahistine Mesilate Tablets to vertigo patients is 60.1%. In this trail, the effective rate of the experimental group after manual therapy will be set to 85%.

Known:P1=60.1%,P2=85%,let α=0.05,β=0.20. Follow the sample size calculation formula required for completely randomized design two population rates hypothesis test to estimate. It was calculated that 47.99≈48 cases need to be observed in each group. If there are 10% to drop out, 53 patients should be included. Two groups need a total of 106 patients.

Statistical Analysis The statistical analysis will be carried out using SAS9.4 software. Except validity test uses one-side test. All of other statistical tests use a two-sided test. P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant. The primary efficacy index will be analyzed based on Intention-to-Test (ITT) and Per-Protocol set (PPS). ITT is defined as the group of patients that were randomized and had at least one treatment, and obtained the efficacy date. PPS is defined as a subset of ITT, except for incomplete drug treatment, major protocol deviation, lack of key effectiveness indexes, and other situations that are judged by blind review meeting to have a significant impact on efficacy evaluation. Main analysis model aim to analyze the variation of Vss-c score relative baseline after 2 weeks of treatment. The variation of Vss-c score relative baseline is as dependent variable, included in the baseline level for correction, and Give the overall comparison p value. Disappearing and happening time of vertigo symptom, with normal distribution, will be analyzed by independent-sample t-test. Chi-square test will be performed to analyze recurrence rate of vertigo symptom within 4 weeks of follow-up after treatment. Baseline data and descriptive statistical demographic data will calculate cases, mean, standard deviation, quartile, minimum and maximum values will be calculated for continuous variables, frequency and constituent ratio for count and grade data. Safety analysis is performed based on safety set (SS), which is defined as the group of patients who received treatment at least once and collected safety date. Adverse events will be coded according to the ICH International Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA). The frequency and incidence of adverse events/reactions, serious adverse events/reactions, and adverse events/reactions leading to shedding during treatment were calculated. Compliance analysis will be performed to calculate the percentage of compliance of patients with treatment and medication in the range of 80% to 120%. Missing date based on ITT primary efficacy indexes analysis is imputed by using LOCF method, and provide analysis results not carried forward. Other analyses are performed by using analysis results not carried forward.

Being tested
Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulation, Merislon
Keywords
Cervicogenic dizziness, Vertigo, Manipulation, Osteopathic manipulative treatment
Medical subject headings
Vertigo

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulationOther

    Patients receive treatment twice a week and continues for 2 weeks. Receive a total of 4 manipulative treatments. The manipulation intervention has mainly two steps: First, doctors perform soft-tissue manipulation on neck and shoulders to relax for 10 min; Second, doctors perform manipulation to reconstruct atlantoaxial joint. The strength of manipulation is based on the patient's tolerance. Do not use too much force.

  • MerislonDrug

    Merislon (Betahistine Mesilate Tablets), specification 6mg, Sinopharm H20040130, Eisai (China) Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., is given to patients of the control group, for 2 weeks, 6mg a day, three times a day.

Study groups in NCT05604937
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Manual therapy groupOtherPatients receive Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulative treatment twice a week and continues for 2 weeks. Receive a total of 4 manipulative treatments.
Receives: Other: Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulation
Merislon groupOtherMerislon (Betahistine Mesilate Tablets), specification 6mg, Sinopharm H20040130, Eisai (China) Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., is given to the control group, for 2 weeks, 6mg a day, three times a day.
Receives: Drug: Merislon

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change of vertigo within 2 weeks of treatment

    Change of vertigo within 2 weeks of treatment will be the primary outcome of this study. Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) will be used to evaluate. The DHI consists of 25 questions, evaluated the influencing factors of vertigo or dizziness of patients from three dimensions: functional (F), emotional (E) and physical (P). Patients give scores according to their subjective conditions. Total score is DHIT (100 points), functional score is DHIF (36 points), emotional score is DHIE (36 points), and physical score is DHIP (28 points). Each question gives 4 points for answering Yes, 2 points for answering sometimes, and 0 points for answering No. The lower score means less disability. 0-30: mild vertigo; 31-60: moderate vertigo; 61-100: severe vertigo.

    Measured: At the end of baseline (0 week), treatment for 1 week, treatment for 2 weeks and follow-up for 4 weeks.

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. disappearing and happening time of vertigo symptom

    Disappearing and happening time of vertigo symptom refer to the time when vertigo happens or disappears during the whole process. It is helpful to evaluate the efficacy and recurrence rate. Disappearing time of vertigo symptom will be recorded in e-PRO system by patients.

    Measured: up to 6 weeks

  2. recurrence rate of vertigo symptom within 4 weeks of follow-up after treatment

    Recurrence rate of vertigo symptom will be recorded in e-PRO system by patients.

    Measured: from 3rd week to 6th week

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted3 Nov 2022
  2. Study start14 Feb 2023
  3. Primary completion7 Jun 2023
  4. Study completion20 Apr 2024

Resources

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
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
114 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05604937
Sponsor's protocol ID
ZYunfan
Acronym
SESTOMTCD
Status last verified
Jul 2025
First submitted
24 Oct 2022
Last updated
11 Jul 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Zhan Y, Zhang Y, Liu K, Zhao Y, Ning J, Chai Y, Kong L, Yuan W. Safety and efficacy of traditional Chinese manual therapy for cervicogenic dizziness: study protocol for a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2024 Aug 18;41:101349. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2024.101349. eCollection 2024 Oct.

    PubMed 39262903

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Shi's traumatology osteopathic manipulation and Merislon in people with Cervicogenic Dizziness, run by Zhan Yunfan at 3 sites in China.

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 7 inclusion and 12 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in China. 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. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Change of vertigo within 2 weeks of treatment (time frame: At the end of baseline (0 week), treatment for 1 week, treatment for 2 weeks and follow-up for 4 weeks.). 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 NCT05604937, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 11 Jul 2025.

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