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Efficacy of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment in Patients With Active Crohn's Disease

NCT01697761 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2014-11-20

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 active Crohn's disease. meanwhile, we are aim to observe the content of Inflammatory factors and Neurotransmitter before and after acupuncture and moxibustion therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Treatment Group

patients receive herbs-partitioned moxibustion for 2 cones and acupuncture for 30 minutes，3 times a week for 12 weeks

OTHER

Control Group

patients receive shallow needing and bran-partitioned moxibustion with the stimulation same to the treatment group.

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
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2014-11-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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