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The Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Methadone Treatment Services for Heroin Addicts

NCT01512433 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2013-03-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of acupuncture therapy combined with standard methadone maintenance therapy to the heroin addicts.

Conditions

  • Opiate Dependence

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Ture acupuncture

Ture acupuncture included shenmen point in the ear cartilage ridge area without electrical stimulation and Hegu (LI 4) and Zusanli (ST 36) on both hands and legs with electrical stimulation. The frequency of stimulation alternated between 20 and 100 Hz (dense and disperse, DD) at automatic 2-second intervals. The intensities of the stimulations were increased in 1 mA increments to maximal tolerable intensity.

PROCEDURE

Sham acupuncture

The needles on the bilateral Hegu (LI 4) and Zusanli (ST 36) were then connected to the electro-acupuncture machine with zero frequencies and amplitude."DeQi"was avoided during needling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University, Taiwan

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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