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Auricular Acupuncture in the Treatment of Obesity

NCT02269371 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2024-08-06

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Summary

Male and female DoD beneficiaries ages 18 years or older, who are referred for a standard of care weight loss intervention for treatment of obesity will be recruited. Subjects will be randomized into one of two groups receiving either a standard of care weight loss intervention plus auricular acupuncture at Shen Men, Point Zero, and Appetite Control Point/Hunger Point or receiving a standard of care weight loss intervention plus sham auricular acupuncture. Subjects will receive treatment in accordance with their randomization group for 12 weeks then have one additional follow up visit at week 24. The following measures will be obtained: height, weight, waist circumference, and Body Mass Index will be calculated.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Auricular Acupuncture

Standard of care weight loss intervention plus auricular acupuncture at Shen Men, Point Zero, and Appetite Control Point/Hunger Point in each ear.

OTHER

Sham Acupuncture

Standard of care weight loss intervention plus sham acupuncture at three nonacupoints in each ear.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Clinton Borchardt, MD · Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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