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Acupuncture for Patients With Chronic Tension-type Headache

NCT03133884 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 218

Last updated 2019-09-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Two hundred and eighteen patients with chronic tension-type headache(CTTH) will be randomly assigned to an experimental group (acupuncture) and a control group (superficial acupuncture) in a 1:1 ratio. Participants in both groups will receive 20 sessions of acupuncture over 8 weeks, and the same acupoints will be selected in acupuncture treatments.The study cycle will last 36 weeks, including a 4-week baseline period, a 8-week treatment period and a 24-week follow-up period. And the primary outcome will be measured at the end of 16th week. While, the secondary outcomes will be measured at the baseline, the 4th, 8th,12th,16th,20th,24th,28th and 32nd week after randomization.After each treatment, participants will finish the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Acupuncture Sensation Scale (MASS) to evaluate deqi sensations.

Conditions

  • Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

The needles will be inserted into the acupoints and the depths will be adjusted to the standard permissible layers, then even reinforcing-reducing technique will be performed on the needles until achieving deqi sensation.The needles will be retained for 30 minutes in each session and manipulated twice every 10 minutes with intermittent stimulation. Each manipulation will last for 30 seconds.

OTHER

superficial acupuncture

The selected acupoints will be punctured superficially by the depth of 1-3 mm, and the needles will be retained for 30 minutes without any manipulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ying Li, PhD · Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-09-10

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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