Clinical trials: Acupuncture, open to volunteers
Tinnitus, Acupuncture
Efficacy of Acupuncture on Chronic Tinnitus and Its Association With Auditory Brainstem Response Measures
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture works to treat chronic tinnitus in adults. It will also learn about the neurophysiological effects of acupuncture on auditory conduction pathway function.
- Conditions
- Tinnitus, Acupuncture, Auditory Brainstem Response
- Trial name
- NCT07522567
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease), Dialysis
Laser Acupuncture for Fatigue in Hemodialysis Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if laser acupuncture (low-level laser therapy) works to treat fatigue and improve quality of life in adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis.
- Conditions
- ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease), Dialysis, Fatigue
- Trial name
- LA-HD-Fatigue (NCT07538310)
- Testing
- Low-Level Laser Acupuncture (LA)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei City Hospital
Accupuncture, Prostate Cancer
Comparing Acupuncture vs. Sham Acupuncture for the Management of Hot Flashes in Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Hormone Therapy
This study is evaluating whether acupuncture may help reduce hot flashes in men receiving hormone therapy for prostate cancer. Hot flashes are a common side effect of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and may negatively affect…
- Conditions
- Accupuncture, Prostate Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Hot Flashes
- Trial name
- NCT07594002
- Testing
- Real Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kentucky
Chronic Low Back Pain
Efficacy of Low-Dose Laser Acupuncture for Low Back Pain
This study will evaluate whether low-dose laser acupuncture can reduce pain and improve daily function in adults with chronic low back pain. The trial is a double-blinded, randomized, two-arm, parallel, multi-centred study.
- Trial name
- NCT07461363
- Testing
- Low-Dose Laser Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Mun Fei Yam
Sleep Fragmentation, Poor Sleep Quality
Acupuncture for Sleep Fragmentation in Older Adults: A Single-Arm Pilot Study
This single-group pilot study will enroll 20 adults aged 60 years or older with persistent poor sleep. All participants will receive a standardized 6-week acupuncture program.
- Trial name
- NCT07841938
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Primary Insomnia
Acupoint Selection Based on Meridian Theory in Primary Insomnia of Liver Depression and Spleen Deficiency Type
The classical literature combined with modern medicine to select acupoints, in order to intervene in the autonomic nerve function of the superior cervical sympathetic ganglion as an opportunity, put forward the meridian acupoints…
- Trial name
- NCT06782815
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Chuanlong Zhou
Acupuncture, Dysphagia
Efficacy and Mechanism of 'Yanjiu Needle' for Pharyngeal Dysphagia Based on sEMG Features
Dysphagia is one of the most common and serious complications following stroke. It can easily lead to aspiration and aspiration pneumonia, reduce patients' quality of life, increase healthcare costs, and result in high mortality…
- Conditions
- Acupuncture, Dysphagia, Surface EMG
- Trial name
- NCT07656025
- Testing
- Yanjiu Acupuncture, a three-point acupuncture technique, control group
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The Third People's Hospital of Huizhou
Labor Induction
COOKACUPAIN 2 : Impact of Acupuncture on Delay of Delevery During Induced Labor With Cook's Balloon at the Beaumont Maternity in Roubaix
In France, labor induction rate is above 25.8%. Labor induction with Cook's balloon is a non-hormonal mechanical method. At Roubaix's maternity, midewifes can adminitred acupuncture therapy to help to manage this labor induction.
- Trial name
- COOKACUPAIN 2 (NCT07774442)
- Testing
- Acupuncture therapy
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Roubaix
Acupuncture, Taste Disorders
Hypoglossal Acupuncture for Dysgeusia in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate hypoglossal acupuncture in comparison to sham acupuncture and standard medical treatment (dietary recommendations) in the treatment of dysgeusia in cancer patients undergoing…
- Conditions
- Acupuncture, Taste Disorders, Dysgeusia, Chemotherapy
- Trial name
- OralAcu (NCT02304913)
- Testing
- Hypoglossal acupuncture, Dietary recommendations
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
Intestinal Disorder, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Effect of Acupuncture on Mild to Moderate Active Crohn's Disease
To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture on Crohn's disease (CD) and its influence on brain function activity and the TRY-KYN metabolism level, and to screen the brain image markers of acupuncture on CD
- Conditions
- Intestinal Disorder, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04187820
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridian
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Safety and Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture for Antituberculosis Drug-Related Nausea and Vomiting
This study will look at whether press-needle ear acupuncture can help lower nausea and vomiting caused by antituberculosis medicines in people with pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Trial name
- NCT07271225
- Testing
- Press Needle
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Tinnitus
Peripheral-central Correlation Study on the Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus With "Dao qi Tong Luo" Based on the Theory of "Connecting the Two Ears to the Brain"
By comparing the clinical manifestations, ABR parameters and cerebral cortex blood oxygen levels of chronic tinnitus patients and healthy subjects under two different body states, the peripheral-central correlation of chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT06401993
- Testing
- The "dao qi tong luo" group, The acupuncture group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Hemorrhoidectomy, Hemorrhoid Pain
Acupuncture for Post-hemorrhoidectomy Pain Control
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture improves pain control after hemorrhoidectomy in patients with symptomatic hemorrhoids. It will also learn about the safety of using acupuncture in surgical patients.
- Conditions
- Hemorrhoidectomy, Hemorrhoid Pain, Acupuncture
- Trial name
- NCT07238504
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Febrile Neutropenia, Sarcoma
Acupuncture as add-on to G-CSF for Febrile Neutropenia-related Hospitalization in Doxorubicin-treated Patients With Sarcoma
Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (CIFN) is a dangerous complication of many chemotherapy drugs, with current treatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) accompanied by adverse effects, primarily muscle…
- Conditions
- Febrile Neutropenia, Sarcoma, Doxorubicin Adverse Reaction, Hospitalization-Associated Infection
- Trial name
- NCT06500715
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Plaque Type Psorisis
Acupuncture With Chinese Herbal Cream Compare With Acupuncture With Calcipotriol in Plaque Psoriasis.
Clinical trial which compares 2 treatment methods (1) Acupunture with a Chinese Herbal Cream and (2) Acupuncture with the standard treatment "calcipotriol" for patients with plaque psoriasis.
- Trial name
- NCT07410793
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Calcipotriol 0.005% ointment, Chinese herb cream
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Mae Fah Luang University
Anesthesia, Surgery
Veterans Enhanced Recovery Using Integrative Treatments Around Surgery
The study aims to assess the implementation and effectiveness of Integrative Treatments - Music Medicine, Aromatherapy, and Battlefield Acupuncture - in the management of perioperative pain and anxiety, and in the reduction of…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Surgery, Knee Arthropathy
- Trial name
- VERITAS (NCT06333938)
- Testing
- Nonpharmacologic Treatment, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Durham VA Medical Center
Anxiety and Depression, Breast Cancer Survivor
Acupuncture for Anxiety and Depression
The study aims to primarily investigate the effects and safety of acupuncture on anxiety and depression among patients with breast cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT06994351
- Testing
- Electroacupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Gastroparesis Postoperative, Delayed Gastric Emptying Following Procedure
Acupuncture for Postoperative Gastric Emptying Delay
This multicenter clinical trial, conducted at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University and collaborating institutions, prospectively assesses the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for postoperative delayed gastric emptying.
- Trial name
- APOGEE (NCT07505927)
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong University
Post-stroke Dysphagia, Acupuncture
Acupuncture for Post-Stroke Dysphagia: A Clinical Study
Employing a nested design, a partially randomized preference study (Study II) is embedded within a prospective, multicenter cohort study (Study I).
- Trial name
- NCT07493902
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 3,232 people
- Sponsor
- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Atopic Dermatitis
Efficacy of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Moderate-to-severe Atopic Dermatitis
This study used a multicentre parallel three-armed randomised sham-controlled clinical trial methodology in order to objectively and normatively assess the efficacy of acupuncture on Quchi the Sea of Blood the Foot Sanli and the…
- Trial name
- NCT06922565
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital