Clinical trials: Acupuncture Treatment
Dry Eye
Randomised Research Comparing Acupuncture, Herbal Treatment and Artificial Tear Eye Drops in Dry Eye
Dry eye is a major, common medical condition with significant health and economic burden in Singapore and worldwide. It is a holistic problem affected by living habits, nutrition and underlying systemic disease, inducing a…
- Trial name
- NCT02219204
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Herbal treatment
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore National Eye Centre
Acupuncture Therapy
Using Omics Technology to Explore the Mechanism of Acupuncture Treatment of Different Acupoints of Knee Osteoarthritis
In recent years, commonly used Omics techniques, including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, have been applied in the studies on the mechanism of acupuncture effect.
- Trial name
- NCT04733352
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Healthy
Effect of Acu-Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Acu-TENS) on Post-exercise Expiratory Flow Volume in Healthy Subjects
This study aims to investigate the effect of Acu-TENS on forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), a test of pulmonary function used to assess airway resistance, during sub-maximal treadmill exercise in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT00998179
- Testing
- Acu-TENS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Knee Osteoarthritis
Combined Effect of Laser Acupuncture and Electroacupuncture in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
Background: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common degenerative joint disorder affected 250 million people globally. It can not only result in disability, but also associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04188925
- Testing
- Laser Acupuncture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Fatigue
Auricular Acupuncture on Fatigue, Energy and Well-Being in Intensive Care Nurses
Notably, no acupuncture intervention studies have aimed at reducing the fatigue level and increasing the energy of the nurses working in the ICU.
- Trial name
- NCT05855473
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Long Covid
The Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Cognitive Functions and Brain Networks for Long COVID
Background of study: Long COVID(LC) is a prevalent sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 infection and can affect multiple organ systems. Cognitive dysfunction is one of the most common symptoms in LC with 22% prevalence.
- Trial name
- NCT07355751
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tingting Luo
Cervical Spondylosis
Clinical Evaluation for Digital Acupuncture Manipulation Therapeutic Instrument
The investigators design a randomized, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of digital acupuncture instrument in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy patients using the following outcomes: the Visual analogue…
- Trial name
- NCT04525651
- Testing
- Digital Acupuncture Manipulation Therapeutic Instrument, Manual Acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Primary Dysmenorrhea (PD)
Individualized Acupoint Therapy for Dysmenorrhea: An Exploratory Research Design Based on Meridian Measurement
Primary dysmenorrhea is a common condition that significantly affects young women's quality of life. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupoint interventions are widely used for symptom relief; however, standardized…
- Trial name
- NCT07818044
- Testing
- TI-816-3E3 Portable Laser Phototherapy Device
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Migraine, Migraine Headache
The Impact of Acupuncture on Biomarkers of Brain Injury and Inflammatory Response in Migraine
Migraine is more than just a headache-it can involve changes in the brain and inflammation. Recent research suggests that acupuncture may help by calming pain signals and reducing inflammation in the body.
- Conditions
- Migraine, Migraine Headache, Migraine Headache, With or Without Aura, Migraine in Adults
- Trial name
- ACUPMIGRAINE (NCT07292506)
- Testing
- Standard acupuncture, Electroacupuncture, Laser Acupuncture
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Evoked Potentials, Healthy Volunteers
Acupuncture and Auditory Evoked Potentials
To investigate whether body acupuncture of acupuncture points specific for hearing influences the auditory avoked potentials in comparison to puncture of non-specific acupuncture points
- Trial name
- NCT00333606
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taras Usichenko
Breast Engorgement
Acupuncture for Breast Engorgement During Lactation
Breast engorgement which may manifest swell, throb, and cause mild to extreme pain is the common difficulty for breast feeding woman.
- Trial name
- NCT03230760
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Quality of Life
Integrative Care and Acupuncture in MOHS Surgery
MOHS method is an effective surgical technique to remove skin cancerous tumors in the head-neck area. Patients undergoing MOHS surgery are struggled with emotional stress during the day of surgery, due to fear of significant…
- Trial name
- NCT03569982
- Testing
- Integrative medicine care
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Carmel Medical Center
Pain, Postoperative Complications
Acupuncture for Pain Management After Hip or Knee Arthroplasty
The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients treated with acupuncture post-operatively following knee or hip arthroplasty achieve better pain control as measured by the Visual Analog Scale and pain medication use.
- Trial name
- NCT00455182
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Standard medical care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- HealthEast Care System
Obesity, Abdominal
Efficacy of Electro-acupuncture for Abdominal Obesity: Study for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Electro-acupuncture provides stimulation to acupoints, and has been widely used to treat abdominal obesity in China despite of lack of high-level evidence for treatment efficacy.
- Trial name
- NCT04957134
- Testing
- Electro-acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture
Different Stimuli of Transcutaneous Electric Acupoint Stimulation(TEAS) on Acupuncture Anesthesia
To determine whether treating by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) combined with general anesthetic during peri-operative could alleviate the dosage of anesthetic drugs compared with control and sham group.
- Trial name
- TEAS (NCT02597530)
- Testing
- TEAS
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- wangqiang
Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Impairment
Clinical Evaluation on the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
The objective of this proposed study is to evaluate the effect and safety of acupuncture combined therapy on cognitive function, daily living ability and quality of life of Alzheimer's disease by using the international dementia…
- Trial name
- NCT03810794
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Donepezil
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jian Pei,MD
Infertility
Hypnopuncture for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Infertility is a common and distressful problem for many couples, with assisted reproductive techniques (ART) such as IVF and ICSI, with slightly more than 34% pregnancies per cycle.
- Trial name
- NCT00544401
- Testing
- Hypnopuncture (Hypnosis+Acupuncture)
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Bell's Palsy
Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy According to Different Stages
The purpose of this trial will certify the efficacy of using staging acupuncture and moxibustion to treat Bell's Palsy
- Trial name
- NCT00608660
- Testing
- acupuncture, acupuncture and moxibustion, electroacupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Pain
Electrical Stimulation Over Acupuncture Points in Reduction of Rectal Discomfort Distension
Colonoscopy is a stressful and unpleasant procedure especially during the passage of the endoscope through angulations of colon. Electro-acupuncture is one of the alternative to reduce colorectal discomfort.
- Trial name
- NCT01551654
- Testing
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (ITO Company )
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Functional Dyspepsia, Postprandial Distress Syndrome
Acupuncture for Patients With Function Dyspepsia
Hypothesis: Acupuncture is efficacious and safe for patients with functional dyspepsia Design: A single blind randomized controlled trial 200 participants will be included Two arms: acupuncture and sham acupuncture group
- Trial name
- NCT01671670
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine