Effects of Ocular Electroacupuncture on Abducens Nerve Palsy

NCT03099460 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2017-04-04

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to testify the efficacy of treating abducens nerve palsy with ocular electroacupuncture or ocular acupuncture, and to compare the efficacy between these two interventions.

Conditions

  • Abducens Nerve Paralysis

Interventions

OTHER

ocular electroacupuncture

During intervention period, patients will continue to keep medications for primary condition. Patient's skin located in the extraocular muscles projection area is routinely disinfected. A diameter of 0.20 mm and length of 25 mm needle is inserted slowly. Piercing depth is about 20mm. The electropuncture apparatus is used, each group of electrodes are distinguished with different colors of wires to generate current stimulations of current 1.0\~1.5 milliampere (mA), voltage 9 volt(V), frequency 1.5 hertz (Hz), and duration of 40 minutes.

OTHER

ocular acupuncture

During intervention period, patients will continue to keep medications for primary condition. Patient's skin located in the extraocular muscles projection area is routinely disinfected. A diameter of 0.20 mm and length of 25 mm needle is inserted slowly. Piercing depth is about 20mm.The duration of intervention is 40 minutes.

OTHER

sham acupuncture

During intervention period, patients will continue to keep medications for primary condition. Patient's skin located in the extraocular muscles projection area is routinely disinfected. A diameter of 0.20 mm and length of 25 mm sham needle set is stick onto insertion area without piercing into the skin. The duration of intervention is 40 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lingyun Zhou, PhD · First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-06
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2019-12-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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