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The Clinical Benefits of the Combination Use of Acupuncture and Antihistamine on Trigeminal Neuralgia

NCT04384224 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-09-11

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Summary

Trigeminal neuralgia is a paroxysmal extreme pain and is an unmet clinical need, we hope that our discovery about the antihistamine and acupuncture can be used in the treatment trigeminal neuralgia. This present study aims to further investigate whether antihistamine dexchlorpheniramine can facilitate the analgesic effect of acupuncture in patients with trigeminal neuralgia.

Conditions

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

use disposable sterile steel needles to insert to the acupuncture point

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yu-Chen Lee · China Medical University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2022-02-28
Completion
2022-02-28

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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