Efficacy of Electrical Acupuncture on Vascular Cognitive Impairment with No Dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR-IIR-17011513

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2017-05-27

Start date

2017-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-09-11

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Conditions

Vascular Cognitive Impairment with No Dementia

Interventions

1:Acupuncture

2:sham acupuncture

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 45-80 who signed informed consent and 2. complaint or are reported of cognitive decline; 3. obtain the following results in the neuropsychological assessment: MoCA score 7 points.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. perform progressive memory impairment in the early stage or other cognitive dysfunction (such as aphasia, loss, misconduct) with no imaging evidence support for corresponding lesions; 2. cognitive disorders caused by factors other than cerebrovascular diseases (including central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease, epilepsy, psychosis, liver and kidney dysfunction, hypothyroidism, alcoholic encephalopathy or drug abuse); 3. with severe visual acuity, hearing impairment, severe aphasia or limb dysfunction which may affect pre-assessment; 4. HIS score <4.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The MoCA test;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
ERP;Modified Barthel scale (MBS);	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLi Huang

Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

937714329@qq.com+86 15618580155

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 7, 2026