Clinical trials: Acupuncture, completed
Pain
Electroacupuncture Analgesia for Colonoscopy
Background: Colonoscopy is often regarded as a painful and unpleasant procedure. Electroacupuncture (EA) has been used successfully to treat pain of various origins, but few good-quality studies have evaluated its role in…
- Trial name
- NCT01368393
- Testing
- Electroacupuncture
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Breast Cancer, Hot Flashes
Acupuncture in Treating Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve hot flashes in women with breast cancer. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating hot flashes in women with breast cancer PURPOSE: This…
- Trial name
- NCT00081965
- Testing
- acupuncture therapy, hot flashes attenuation, management of therapy complications
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cancer
Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture-Point for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/Vomiting
The purpose of this study is to evaluate auricular acupuncture as an antiemetic treatment compared with sham acupuncture and with no acupuncture in patients receiving moderately-high to highly emetogenic chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00360841
- Testing
- Auricular acupuncture
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Acupuncture for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
Acupuncture is widely use by patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR), although there is only limited evidence of its effectiveness.
- Trial name
- ACUSAR (NCT00610584)
- Testing
- acupuncture, cetirizine dihydrochloride (rescue medication)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 422 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Skeletal Muscle Contractility, Self-reported Pain and Tissue Sensitivity in Females With Neck/Shoulder Pain and Trapezius MFTrPs
In relation to Myofascial Triggerpoints (MFTrPs) of the upper Trapezius, this study will explore muscle contractility characteristics, the occurrence of post-intervention muscle soreness and the effect of dry needling on muscle…
- Trial name
- NCT01710735
- Testing
- Dry needling
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Depression, Anxiety
Effects of an Integrative Treatment Model to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in Minor Mental Health Problems and Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Minor mental health problems, MMHP, like mild depression and anxiety, and medically unexplained symptoms, MUS, symptoms with no known underlying organic disease, are strongly associated to each other.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia
- Trial name
- NCT01631500
- Testing
- Conventional treatment, Integrative treatment, Therapeutic acupuncture
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Breast Cancer, Lymphedema
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Lymphedema
Lymphedema is an accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the tissues that causes swelling, most often in the arms and/or legs, and occasionally in other parts of the body.
- Trial name
- NCT01003951
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Acupuncture Combined With Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Are There Additional Benefits?
The hypothesis of this study was that acupuncture in conjunction with standard care of pulmonary rehabilitation improves outcome measures compared to pulmonary rehabilitation alone.
- Trial name
- NCT01112943
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Beaumont Hospital
Shoulder Pain in Hemiplegic Side After Stroke
Acupuncture for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain
Shoulder pain has been reported to be one of the most common complications after stroke. Several factors have been related to shoulder pain after stroke such as paralysis, restricted range of motion in the shoulder, spasticity…
- Trial name
- NCT01650207
- Testing
- acupuncture, TENS
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Changhua Christian Hospital
Reaction of Autonomic Nervous System, Reaction of Acupuncture
The Difference Between Acupuncture and Far-infrared Ray Illumination at CV12 Acupoint
The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes of Ryodoraku value at 12 source acupoints, and heart rate viability (HRV) when acupuncture or far-infrared ray illumination applied to CV12 acupoint.
- Conditions
- Reaction of Autonomic Nervous System, Reaction of Acupuncture, Reaction of Far Infrared Ray
- Trial name
- NCT01339715
- Testing
- acupuncture and far-infrared ray
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Acupuncture
Stimulation of Gastric Slow Waves With Acupuncture at St36 and Pe6 - a Randomized Single-blind Controlled Trial
Aim of the study is to investigate specific effects of acupuncture points.
- Trial name
- GSW (NCT00636012)
- Testing
- verum acupuncture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Depression
Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Depressed Patients Taking Antidepressant Medications
In this research study, the investigators piloted a uniform acupuncture treatment protocol among adults with depression who were taking an antidepressant medication that was providing only partial or no symptom alleviation.
- Trial name
- NCT01633996
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Depression
Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Depressed Patients Not Taking Antidepressant Medications
Acupuncture is a popular complementary/alternative therapy that has been in use for thousands of years for the treatment of various medical and psychiatric conditions, including Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
- Trial name
- NCT01634022
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
HIV Infections
Acupuncture for Nausea in HIV
The subjects in this research study will be 159 men and women with HIV infection who have a history of chronic nausea for three months or greater and show evidence of two or more episodes of nausea and/or report a duration of two…
- Trial name
- AcuN (NCT00624793)
- Testing
- Acupuncture, Individualized Acup based on TCM diagnosis
- Volunteers
- 159 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Peripheral Neuropathy, HIV
Acupuncture/Moxibustion (Acu/Moxa) for Distal Symmetric Peripheral Neuropathy (DSP) in HIV
This preliminary study will investigate the use of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Acu/Moxa) for distal symmetric peripheral neuropathy (DSP) associated with HIV applying traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) evaluations conducted by a…
- Conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy, HIV, AIDS, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- TCMAcuPilot (NCT00826345)
- Testing
- Acupuncture / Moxibustion, Acupuncture/Moxibustion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Low Back Pain
Acupuncture Analgesia in Relation to Psychiatric Comorbidity
It is our hypothesis that patient's expectations concerning treatment outcome will be influenced by their psychiatric symptoms, and that this expectancy will have a strong influence on the efficacy of acupuncture treatment to…
- Trial name
- LBP (NCT00307788)
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Children, Postoperative Pain
Acupuncture for Tonsillectomy Pain
Pain after tonsillectomy can be severe and last ten days. Various new surgical instruments have been developed over the years in an attempt to reduce postoperative pain with mixed results and increased costs; no single…
- Conditions
- Children, Postoperative Pain, Tonsillar Hypertrophy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Trial name
- NCT01389349
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Children's ENT of San Diego, Inc.
Menopause, Hot Flashes
Acupuncture for Hot Flushes in Menopause
In a pragmatic study investigate whether Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture-care decreases the frequency of hot flushes and increases health related quality of life among postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- ACUFLASH (NCT00284492)
- Testing
- Traditional chinese medicine type acupuncture, Self Care
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway
Acupuncture, Morphine Induced Pruritis
Efficacy of Acupuncture for Prophylaxis of Intrathecal Morphine Induced Pruritis in Patients Undergoing Caesarean Delivery
Intrathecal morphine is commonly used for pain relief in caesarean delivery. Side effects such as itch (pruritis) and nausea \& vomiting are common and have been shown to be the most common cause for dissatisfaction.
- Trial name
- NCT01283477
- Testing
- ACUPUNCTURE AT LI11
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Letterkenny General Hospital
Stroke
Efficiency Study of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Versus Western Medicine (WM) on Ischemic Stroke
Complex project of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with Western Medicine (WM) project under stroke unit mode contrast,assuming that the efficiency of TCM on early rehabilitation and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke is…
- Trial name
- NCT00843765
- Testing
- acupuncture, massage and basic TCM treatment, rehabilitation and WM basic treatment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,151 people
- Sponsor
- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences