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A Clinical Trial of Electro-acupuncture for Treating Gallstone Diseases

NCT03891147 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 132

Last updated 2019-03-28

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Summary

Background: Electro-acupuncture (EA) is commonly used as an alternative treatment for gallstone disease. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of EA. If shown effective, patients could preserve their gallbladders from cholecystectomy.

Methods: Within a treatment period of 10 weeks, 132 subjects with symptomatic gallstone diseases (size \<=8mm) were randomly allocated into either treatment group (n=66), or control group (n=66). Treatment group was offered 20 EA sessions while the control group were clinically observed. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with total/partial clearance of gallstone confirmed by ultrasonography between the two groups. Secondary outcomes were the evaluation of Patients Reported Outcomes (PROs) (e.g.SF6D, GIQLI) collected throughout the treatment period.

Conditions

  • Gallstones

Interventions

OTHER

Electro-acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wendy Wong, Dr · HKIIM, CUHK

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-06-01
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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