Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Conditions
Interventions
Trial group:Acupuncture
Control group:Sham acupuncture
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients meet the diagnostic criteria; 2. Patients meet the TCM pattern criteria of IPF; 3. Patients aged between 40 to 80 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with blood oxygen saturation < 90%; 2. Pregnancy or lactation; 3. Patients were complicated by severe heart failure; 4. Patients were complicated with serious hepatic and renal diseases; 5. Patients were complicated with bronchiectasis, active tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism or other severe disease; 6. Malignancy for which patient has undergone resection, radiation therapy or chemotherapy within the last 5 years; 7. Confusion, dementia or any type of mental illness that rendered patients unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study; 8. Participating in other trials; 9. Acute exacerbation of IPF; 10. Patients can not receive the treatment voluntarily and sign informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Forced vital capacity;SGRQ; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mMRC;scores of symptoms;Acute exacerbation of IPF;SF-36;EQ-5D;Health economics;6MWD; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYang Xie
The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed