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Effect of Acupuncture on Crohn's Disease in Remission: a Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Acupuncture on Crohn's Disease in Remission: a Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2000035533
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-08-13
Start date
2020-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-08-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Crohn’s disease

Interventions

Sponsors

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients whose clinical diagnosis is consistent with CD; (2) Age 16-75 years old; (3) Patients whose disease is in remission (CDAI<150); (4) Patients whose disease has relapsed more than twice in the past year; (5) Not taking the drug or taking one or more of the following drugs: [Mesalazine (<=4g/d), prednisone (<=15mg/d), azathioprine (<=1mg/kg/d)] ; And prednisone and mesalamine have been taken for at least one month, and azathioprine has been taken for at least 3 months; (5) Those who have not used biological agents within 3 months before entering the study; (6) Those who have never had acupuncture experience; (7) Patients who understand the study and sign an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who have recently become pregnant or are pregnant or breastfeeding; (2) Patients with severe organic disease; (3) Patients diagnosed with mental illness; (4) Patients who suffer from multiple diseases at the same time and take other drugs for a long time and may affect the observation of this clinical trial; (5) Those who have serious extraintestinal manifestations such as severe skin diseases (such as erythema nodules, pyoderma gangrenosum, etc.), ocular diseases (such as iritis, uveitis, etc.), thromboembolic diseases, etc.; (6) Complications such as severe intestinal fistula, abdominal abscess, intestinal stenosis and intestinal obstruction, perianal disease (perianal abscess, etc.), gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation, etc.; (7) Those who have short bowel syndrome, who have undergone abdominal or gastrointestinal surgery in the past six months; (8) Those who have skin diseases or defects in the selected area of acupuncture and moxibustion cannot be acupuncture.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Recurrence rate of patients at 24 weeks;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Recurrence time and number of recurrences in 24 weeks;CDAI;IBDQ;HADS;Laboratory inspection and evaluation;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHuangan Wu

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

wuhuangna@126.com+86 13601611239

Outcome results

None listed

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