Lipid Profile Response to Electroacupuncture Stimulation in Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Patients

Lipid Profile Response to Electroacupuncture

sixty female patients suffering from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease were randomly divided into two equal groups group 1 received electroacupuncture stimulation for 6 weeks at special points of stimulation. group 2 was a control group that received nothing without any change in lifestyle and we assed the response of lipid profile post-treatment protocol in both groupes

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fatty Liver , Electroacupuncture, Lipid Profile
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: electro-acupuncture stimulation

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 30 years to 55 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

non alcoholic fatty liver BMI 30-40

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with: (Hepatitis C & b any form of seizure

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: electroacupuncture; the study group received electroacupuncture stimulation at different points	Device: electro-acupuncture stimulation; stimulation of acupoints of the liver meridian of lv3 lv14
No Intervention: control group; a control group with no intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
tri-triglycerides (mg/dl) , total cholesterol (mg/dl) , HDL (mg/dl) , LDL (mg/dl)	lowering of total lipid profile in study group	6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
weight (kg) , height (m), BMI (kg/m2)	calculation of body mass index	1st week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ramy Salama Draz

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Draz RS, Serry ZMH, Rahmy AF, El Bardesi MS, Taha MM. Electroacupuncture Versus Aerobic Interval Training on Liver Functions in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver. J Altern Complement Med. 2020 Jan;26(1):51-57. doi: 10.1089/acm.2019.0182. Epub 2019 Oct 29.

Helpful Links

• my orcid account ID

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 22, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 25, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 29, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 3, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): August 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 6, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 4, 2021
• Last Verified: August 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Liver Diseases; Fatty Liver
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/001579_1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No