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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Asthma

NCT00917215 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2009-07-30

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Summary

What is the trend of changes in asthmatic patients' daily peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability, pulmonary function, and quality of life (QOL) with acupuncture treatment on specific acupoints (CV22 and bilateral LU5, ST40, BL13, EXB1) compared with minimal acupuncture treatment (sham control group) on non-acupoints, and no acupuncture treatment (waiting list control group)?

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Disposable stainless steel acupuncture (0.2mmx4mm)

For active acupuncture group, needles were inserted into nine acupoints (CV22 and bilateral LU5, ST40, BL13, EXB1)with De-qi three times a week for 4 weeks. For sham acupuncture group, Nine non-acupoints corresponded with each active acupoint were treated with minimal penetration into skin three times a week for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

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Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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