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Heart Rate Variability Assessment in Dialysis Patients by Acupuncture

NCT04356794 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2024-02-13

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Summary

Title of the study:Heart Rate Variability Assessment in Dialysis Patients by Acupuncture

Study period: 08/2019 - 07/2021

Institution: the Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University/ Changhua Christian Hospital,Taiwan

Aim of the study: To investigate the effect of medical acupuncture in comparison to placebo acupuncture by heart rate variability(HRV)

Design: Prospective randomized trial

Intervention: Experiment group using indwelling fixed needles, N=30 ; Control group using placebo needles, N=30

Outcome measures: International RLS Rating Scale, HRV

Conditions

  • RLS

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture needle with electrical stimulation

EA is treated for 4 weeks, 3 times per week.

OTHER

Sham electroacupuncture

Sham EA is treated for 4 weeks, 3 times per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Changhua Christian Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • China Medical University, Taiwan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lun-Chien Lo, PHD · China Medical University, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-23
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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