chronic persist asthma
Conditions
Interventions
puncturing at acupoints on the Lung Meridian:acupuncture
puncturing at acupoints on the Heart Meridian:acupuncture
Sponsors
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. aging from 18 to 65 years; 2. belonging to mild to moderate, persist asthma, who match the Asthma Management and Prevention Guideline(version 2016); 3. not participating in any other clinical trials in the past one month; 4. having assigned informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. being diagnosed as other lung diseases, such as bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, lung abscess, cystic fibrosis, a-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and restrictive lung disease, etc.; 2. having aggravating malignant tumors or other clinically significant disease that would jeopardise patient safety; 3. having uncontrolled cardiovascular system disease, such as uncontrolled heart-failure, severe hypertension, uncontrolled arrhythmias, etc.; 4. occurring only when accidentally exposed to allergen or chemical sensitizer; 5. having lower respiratory tract infection (such as pneumonia) that affected the patient's asthma or systemic use of glucocorticoid (>=10 days) due to severe acute asthma attack within the last one month; 6. being pregnant, lactating or those with childbearing requirements for nearly half a year; 7. receiving acupuncture for asthma within the last one month.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Asthma Quality-of-life Questionnaire (AQLQ); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Asthma Control Test (ACT);Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1);the rate of Peak expiratory flow (PEF);Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZeng Fang
Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed