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Acupuncture on Cardiac and Autonomic Function in Human Heart Failure

NCT01804816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2025-11-04

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Summary

Acupuncture treatment may improve the cardiac function and the quality of life in heart failure patients. These effects may be related to the inhibition of sympathetic activity and/or increased vagal function. The suppression of inflammatory reaction with acupuncture treatment may also be associated with these outcomes. Specific aims include:

1. To evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on human cardiac sympathetic/vagal activity
2. To evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on cardiac function and functional capacity
3. To evaluate the general health score of the quality-of-life with acupuncture treatment
4. To explore the mechanism of acupuncture treatment on inflammation and nitrative stress in heart failure patients.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Standardized acupuncture administration for 10 sessions.

OTHER

No Intervention

No intervention during this period. This was a control period. Each subject acted as their own control.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • W.H. Wilson Tang, MD · The Cleveland Clinic

  • Yanming Huang, MD PhD · The Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-13
Primary Completion
2015-01-09
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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