Epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group:acupuncture on auricular non-acupoints with 1mA electric needle for 30min, three times a day. Treatment lasts for 24 weeks.
Control group:acupuncture on auricular non-acupoints with 1mA electric needle for 30min, three times a day. Treatment lasts for 4 weeks. Then patients will be transfered to treatment group if no effec
Sponsors
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
12 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female patients aged 12 to 65 yrs old; 2. Patients meeting the diagnosis of partial epilepsy according to Classification of epilepsay issued by International league against epilepsy, 1981), who get no remission after following routine antiepileptics treatment for 1 year or more; 3. The seizure attacked over 4 times per month within 8 weeks before recruitment; 4. Patients are receiving at least one type of antiepileptics, and have no change in medication within 8 weeks before recruitment; 5. No brain tumor, progressive brain disease or neural degeneration confirmed by EEG within 6 months or by previous MRI or CT scan; 6. No other somatic disease and can count the frequency of seizure attack; 7. women at reproductive age have take effective contraceptive interventions.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with CNS disease; 2. Non-epileptic seizures or pseudoeilepsy; 3. Patients with history of status Epilepticus or cluster seizures; 4. Patients with severe mental retardation or unstable mental state; 5. Patients with severe heart, liver, kidney disease or hematologic disease; 6. Women undergoing pregnancy or lactation; 7. Patients have enrolled in other antiepileptics trial within 8 weeks before recruitment; 8. Patients have implanted stimulator of the Cervical Vagus Nerve; 9. Patients with poor compliance.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frequency of epilepsy attach; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactPeijing Rong
Outcome results
None listed