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The Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia in the Head and Face With Superficial Needling Combined With Electroacupuncture

NCT06420778 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2025-04-06

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Summary

Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, patients with head and face PHN who met the requirements were selected as trial subjects, and the efficacy was clarified in a randomized controlled design trial. The visual analog score VAS was used as the primary evaluation index, and the depression self-assessment scale score , Hamilton depression scale, Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale, and quality of life evaluation scale (SF-36) were used as the secondary evaluation indexes, and oral pregabalin was used as the control group, and the subjects in the pregabalin and the plexus superficial stabbing combined with electroacupuncture groups were observed respectively at the time of Before treatment, immediately after the first treatment, after 2 days of treatment, after 2 weeks of treatment, after 4 weeks of treatment, after 1 month of follow-up after the end of treatment and after 2 months of follow-up after the end of treatment.

Conditions

  • Postherpetic Neuralgia
  • Electroacupuncture
  • Infrared Thermography

Interventions

OTHER

electroacupuncture

The patient takes the supine position, the whole body relaxes, the facial skin is routinely sterilized. Local acupuncture points along the head and face herpes zoster lesion branches with 0.18 × 25 mm millimetre needle series of shallow stabbing method row stabbing method.Han's Acupoint Neurostimulator (model HANS-200) was selected, local acupoints were chosen as Xiaguan+Quanliao or Xiaguan+Jiache, and distal acupoints were chosen as Hegu+Waiguan connected with electroacupuncture, sparse and dense wave 2/100 Hz was selected, and the treatment time was 60 minutes, and the intensity of the current was all to the extent that the patient could tolerate it. The needles were left in place for 60 minutes each time, once every other day, and the treatment was performed 3 times a week for 4 weeks, for a total of 12 treatments.

DRUG

Pregabalin

Subjects in this group will be treated with oral pregabalin capsules only, 150 mg twice daily for 4 weeks.Pregabalin was administered with Lerica (specification: 75 mg\*8 capsules,manufactured by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-12
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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