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Acupuncture to Enhance for Pulmonary Rehab

NCT04947800 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2025-11-03

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Summary

The investigator is investigating if acupuncture may improve pulmonary function, exercise tolerance, stress and modulate the inflammatory effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The investigator would like to measure the effect of the combination of acupuncture with standard pulmonary rehab in patients with COPD.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulmonary rehabilitation program + Lv7/Gb26

Standard of care pulmonary rehabilitation program plus electro-acupuncture with mA electricity at varying frequencies to the Lv7/Gb26 points

DEVICE

Pulmonary rehabilitation program + EA Lung Mu-Shu+ St36

Standard of care pulmonary rehabilitation program plus electro-acupuncture with mA electricity at varying frequencies to the Lung Mu-Shu points and St36 points

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Academy of Medical Acupuncture

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James E Stahl, MD, CM, MPH · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-25
Primary Completion
2024-06-01
Completion
2024-06-01
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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