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Evaluation of the Effects of Acupuncture Press Needle in Mild to Moderate Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

NCT04143022 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of acupuncture press needle in mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Conditions

  • Apnea, Obstructive Sleep
  • Snoring

Interventions

DEVICE

acupuncture press needle

Press needle will be applied to acupoints at Jin's 3-tongue point ( EX-HN21 and the two extra channel points, 0.8 individual cun lateral to both sides of EX-HN21) and EX-HN25 in group A and at EX-CA1, EX-CA5 and EX-CA6 in group B. Each subject will start first course and receive the treatment 2 times a week for 4 weeks (8 times in total). Then, it takes 2-week washout period and make group A and group B crossover. Second course begins after 2-week washout period with the same treatment times as the first course.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-23
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2020-12-22

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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