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Effectiveness and Safety of Electro-acupuncture for Mild-to-moderate Perimenopausal Depression

NCT02423694 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 252

Last updated 2015-04-22

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Summary

Main objective: to compare the effects of electro-acupuncture and escitalopram oxalate tablets on mild-to-moderate perimenopausal depression, and to evaluate the safety of electroacupuncture stimulation.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

electro-acupuncture

8 acupoint: Guanyuan, Zigong (bilateral), Tianshu(bilateral), Sanyinjiao(bilateral), Hegu(bilateral), Taichong(bilateral), Baihui, Yintang. Every patient is supposed to have 36 times acupuncture treatment. 30 minutes per time. Baihui, Yintang, Zigong (bilateral), Tianshu (bilateral) are applied with electro-acupuncture device with dilatational wave, current frequency: 10/50Hz, intensity: 0.5\~1.0 mA

DRUG

escitalopram oxalate tablets

escitalopram oxalate tablet, once a day, 0.5 hour after breakfast, oral taken, 10mg, for 12 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wenbin Fu, MD · Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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