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Relaxation Response With Acupuncture for HIV Patients

NCT00064740 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2006-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Advances in treatment has turned HIV/AIDS into a chronic illness. Relaxation response is a state in which individuals evoke a bodily calm, effecting physiological changes that are shown to be associated with improved immune functioning. Acupuncture and relaxation are thought to both induce calm and deep relaxation in mind and body. This trial will study the combined effects of acupuncture and relaxation response in HIV patients.

Conditions

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • AIDS

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

relaxation response

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Bei-Hung Chang, Sc.D · Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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