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Electroacupuncture on Modifying Inflammatory Levels of Cytokines and Metabolites in Stroke Patients.

NCT05734976 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2023-02-21

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Summary

The study will make an association between the diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine that establishes that the syndrome of blood stagnation generates alteration in blood flow, vascular dysfunction, and damage to the endothelium. This process is like what occurs in a stroke. It will use electroacupuncture to change this chronic inflammatory process, and to know the effects and efficacy of this technique in the regulation and modulation of to treat extensive inflammatory diseases. However, this inflammatory response must be associated with serum cholesterol levels, since they are associated with a stroke between the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio and the prognosis after a stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

electroacupuncture

This is the group that receives real electroacupuncture, applied to selected acupuncture points both on the arms and legs, and on the scalp. All procedures were carried out with disposable needles measuring 0.25 mm in diameter (32-gauge) and 44 mm in length.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • China Medical University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-14
Primary Completion
2023-08-13
Completion
2023-09-13

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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