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Effect of Acupuncture on Patients With Mild Hypertension

NCT01701726 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2016-06-21

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Summary

This is a large scale, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled clinical trial with four parallel arms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of affected meridian acupuncture for patients with mild hypertension,with respect to decreasing their blood pressure, safety of acupuncture ,and improving their quality of life as well.

Conditions

  • Essential Hypertension

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

In each session, acupuncture are applied bilaterally. Except the acupoints around the neck(ST9.GB20.non-acupoints 4) ,6 auxiliary needles will be punctured at 2mm lateral to each acupoints or non-acupoints.as to auxiliary needle we will not do any manipulation. We use transcutaneous electric acupoints stimulation to stimulate the acupoints and non-acupoints.

OTHER

Sham acupuncture

In contrast to acupuncture, sham acupuncture is given at 4 sham points with skin penetration. Electroacupuncture is also applied.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • fan-rong Liang, MD · Chengdu University of Tranditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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