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Laser Meridian Massage in Heroin Addicts

NCT04003077 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-03-16

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Summary

A case-controlled study is conducted to investigate the effect of adjuvant laser meridian massage in heroin addicts with methadone treatment and establish the model of laser meridian massage treatment for drug addiction.

Conditions

  • Heroin Dependence

Interventions

DEVICE

laser meridian massage

The participants will undergo 12 sessions of laser meridian massage, thrice a week, for 4 weeks, using a gallium aluminum arsenide LaserPen (maximal power, 150 mW; wavelength, 810nm; area of probe, 0.5cm\^2; power density, 300mW/cm\^2; pulsed wave; RJ-Laser, Reimers \& Janssen GmbH, Waldkirch, Germany). The laser treatment will be applied to the back including Bladder meridian (BL11-25) and Governor vessel (GV3-14) for 15 minutes, to deliver a total treatment dose of 67.5J/cm\^2.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-26
Primary Completion
2020-04-16
Completion
2020-04-16

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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