Comparison of therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture at different time interval of treatment on weight loss: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR-IIR-17011450

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2017-03-01

Start date

2017-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-05-22

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Conditions

obesity

Interventions

Three times a week group:Electroacupuncture treatment three times per week

once a week group:Electroacupuncture treatment once a week

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Meet the WHO Asia Pacific BMI diagnostic criteria for obesity; 2. Aged 18 to 50 years; Meet both of the above 2 items can be included in this study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with secondary obesity: pregnant and nursing women; 2. Severe heart, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and autoimmune diseases; 3. Cognitive impairment, can not understand the content of the scale evaluation; 4. Patients who had been treated with this study in the past 29 weeks; Those who meet any of the above 1 items will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
weight;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
waist;hipline;the MOS item short from health survey, SF-36;Expectation value of acupuncture and moxibustion;Appetite change assessment;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactRonghao Lan

Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

1491405225@qq.com+86 18611358430

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026