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Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Infant Colic

NCT00907621 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2015-03-17

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Summary

Standardized acupuncture treatment for infant colic is a common treatment in general practice for doctors educated in medical acupuncture.

The investigators plan to study whether the perceived opinion on positive results can be verified in a multi-center clinical trial. The investigators aim to measure the effect of standardized acupuncture treatment, three repeated sessions, on infant colic in a randomized singe blinded prospective multi-center study, starting September 2009. The study will be done in thirteen locations in Norway by specialists in General Practice trained in acupuncture.

The investigators intend to include a total of 130 patients, 65 in the intervention group and 65 in the control group.

Conditions

  • Infant Colic

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture with Seirin 020x15 mm sterile acupuncture needle

Bilateral insertion of a Seirin 020x15mm sterile acupuncture needle to a depth of 12mm for 30 seconds during 3 consecutive working days at the WHO designated acupuncture point St36.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Holgeir Skjeie, MD · Institute of Primary Care and Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Weeks
Max Age
3 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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