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Effectiveness of Integrative and Complementary Practice in Health as a Strategy in Obesity Treatment

NCT04089384 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-09-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity is highlighted, pointed as a disease that has been increasingly affecting individuals and becoming an epidemic in recent decades, but auriculotherapy has been shown to contribute to the treatment of this disease.The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of auriculotherapy associated with dietary education in reducing weight in obese patients. This is a simple-blind Randomized Clinical Trial.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Control Group

Will receive individualized dietary plan - alimentary reeducation and micropore containing a point made with a black gel pen that will be placed in the ear

OTHER

Auriculotherapy Group

Will receive individualized diet plan - diet reeducation and auricular therapy method with strategic points for obesity

OTHER

Placebo group

Will receive individualized diet plan - diet reeducation and sham points, points not indicative for the proposed treatment).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pernambuco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alessandra Galdino · University of Pernambuco

  • Andrea Sotero, phD · University of Pernambuco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
44 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-01
Completion
2020-12-30

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