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the Effect of Low-Concentration Atropine Combined With Auricular Acupoint Stimulation in Myopia Control

NCT02055378 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2014-02-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To compare the effect of myopia control between patients treated with low-concentration atropine eye drops combined with auricular acupoint stimulation and those treated with atropine alone.

Conditions

  • Myopia

Interventions

DRUG

Atropine

topical 0.125% atropine eye drops

DEVICE

auricular acupoint stimulation

Five auricular acupoints (Shenmen, Xin, Yan, Mu 1 and Mu 2) Tapping stimulation was administered by using a 1-mm alloy ball (Magrain®; Sakamura, Kyoto, Japan) three times a day, each time for five minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liao, MD · Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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