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Efficacy of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment in Patients With Quiescent Crohn's Disease:Evaluation With fMRI

NCT01696838 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2016-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture or moxibustion therapies are effective in the treatment of Crohn's disease. Meanwhile, the investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy by functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

electroacupuncture

Patients receive electroacupuncture for 30 minutes with a stimulation frequency of 2 /100 Hz and a stimulation intensity varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mA.3 times per week,the duration is 12 weeks.

OTHER

moxibustion

patients receive herbs-partitioned moxibustion for 2 cones，3 times a week for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridian

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wu Huangan, PhD · Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridian

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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