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Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression

NCT00010517 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2008-03-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current large randomized placebo-controlled trial is testing the ability of acupuncture to treat major depression. The study is unique in that treatment effects will be from the perspective of both Western psychiatry and Chinese medicine.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • John J. Allen, PhD · University of Arizona, Department of Psychology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1997-09-30
Completion
2002-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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