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Acupuncture for Nausea in HIV

NCT00624793 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2012-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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 hours or more (per day) in baseline symptom diaries. Subjects will be randomized (by chance) to one of three conditions: Condition 1, subjects receive Standard acupuncture (active treatment); Condition 2, subjects receive Individualized acupuncture based on Traditional Chinese Medical Diagnosis (active treatment); Condition 3, (Control Group), subjects receive Sham acupuncture. Subjects in Conditions 1, 2, \& 3 will attend scheduled sessions over 24 weeks.

Conditions

  • HIV Infections

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Standard Acup point protocol for treating nausea

OTHER

Individualized Acup based on TCM diagnosis

Acup

OTHER

Sham Acup

Sham Acup - Non-Active

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Joyce K Anastasi, PhD · New York University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2011-12-31

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