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- Clinical Trial NCT00599677
Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Functional Dyspepsia
November 8, 2011 updated by: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The purpose of the study is to testify the efficacy of treating functional dyspepsia with acupuncture, and provide evidence for the hypothesis that "Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for functional dyspepsia, through treating functional dyspepsia patient for a month, using different acupoints according to literatures of treating migraine with acupuncture, and using Itopride as controlled group, and try to provide clinical evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
720
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Sichuan
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Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610075
- Chengdu University of TCM
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Consistent with the diagnostic criteria of functional dyspepsia.
- Age of a subject is older than 18 and is younger than 65.(including 18 and 65)
- Did not take any gastroenteric dynamic drugs in the last 15 days, and did not take part in any clinical trial.
- Informed consent is signed by a subject or his lineal relation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with any contraindications of Itopride.
- Patients who are unconscious, psychotic.
- Patients with aggravating tumor and other serious consumptive disease, and who are subject to infection and bleeding.
- With serious protopathy or disease of cardiovascular, liver, renal, gastrointestinal, hematological systems and so on.
- Pregnant women or women in lactation.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: group 1
specific acupoints of Stomach meridians
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Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
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Experimental: group 2
Non-specific acupoints of Stomach meridians
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Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
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Experimental: group 3
alarm and transport points
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Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
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Experimental: group 4
acupoints of the other meridian
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Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
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Sham Comparator: group 5
non-acupoints
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Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
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Active Comparator: group 6
Itopride
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Each pill weighs 50mg, once a pill, three times a day.
The pills are taken half an hour before meals, and be taken 4 weeks continuously.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Nepean Dyspepsia Index
Time Frame: 4 weeks
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4 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Symptoms Index of Dyspepsia
Time Frame: 4 weeks
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4 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Study Chair: Fan-rong Liang, master, Chengdu University of TCM
Publications and helpful links
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General Publications
- Zhao L, Zhang FW, Li Y, Wu X, Zheng H, Cheng LH, Liang FR. Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. Trials. 2011 Mar 24;12:87. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87.
- Ma T, Zeng F, Li Y, Wang CM, Tian X, Yu S, Zhao L, Wu X, Yang M, Wang D, Liang F. Which subtype of functional dyspepsia patients responses better to acupuncture? A retrospective analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Forsch Komplementmed. 2015;22(2):94-100. doi: 10.1159/000380983. Epub 2015 Mar 11.
- Zheng H, Tian XP, Li Y, Liang FR, Yu SG, Liu XG, Tang Y, Yang XG, Yan J, Sun GJ, Chang XR, Zhang HX, Ma TT, Yu SY. Acupuncture as a treatment for functional dyspepsia: design and methods of a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2009 Aug 23;10:75. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-75.
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start
November 1, 2007
Primary Completion (Actual)
September 1, 2009
Study Completion (Actual)
September 1, 2009
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 4, 2008
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 23, 2008
First Posted (Estimate)
January 24, 2008
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
November 9, 2011
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 8, 2011
Last Verified
November 1, 2011
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 2006CB5045012
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