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Effectiveness of Electro-Press Needle for Menopause-associated Hot Flashes

NCT04995107 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2021-12-23

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Summary

The investigators plan to conduct the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of electro-press needle (EPN), a novel acupuncture needle combining shallow and gentle insertion with transdermal electrical stimulation, on menopause-associated hot flash in comparison with waiting-list group among women during menopausal transition and postmenopausal periods.

Conditions

  • Hot Flashes
  • Acupuncture Therapy
  • Perimenopausal Disorder
  • Postmenopausal Symptoms

Interventions

DEVICE

Electro Press needle

Body acupoints will be stimulated by the press needles 0.25mm in diameter and 2mm in length and ear acupoints will be stimulated by the press needles 0.25mm in diameter and 0.9mm in length (all from ZhenXing Brand, Hangzhou Yuanli Medical Appliance Factory, China). After sterilization of the local skin, the needle will be pressed to the acupoints and the tape will be sticked to the skin. Then, the electric device (φ44×15.8mm Type ZXHPAMDZB-02C) together with the electrode patch will be sticked to the surface of skin (on top of the sticky tapes of the press needle) in the area of CV4 and bilateral EX-CA1, and bilateral SP6 respectively. The electric device will be switch to the mode of "dense intermittent wave", and the current intensity will be increased gradually till the muscles around jumps slightly.All the needles on the body acupoints will be removed after each session, while those on the auricular acupoints can be kept for as long as 6 hours (removed before going to bed).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-20
Primary Completion
2022-12-30
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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