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A non-inferiority study on the efficacy of acupuncture in treating residual dizziness after manual reduction of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

A non-inferiority study on the efficacy of acupuncture in treating residual dizziness after manual reduction of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300076015
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-09-21
Start date
2023-09-21
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-09-26

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Conditions

Residual dizziness after manual reduction of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Interventions

Experimental group:Acupuncture
Control group:Oral betahistine mesylate

Sponsors

Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients with "residual dizziness" after surgical reduction of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal; (2) No gender limit, age between 18 and 75 years old; (3) Those who can persist in this research and cooperate with treatment, and participate voluntarily.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Those who refuse or are not suitable for manual reduction treatment, such as patients with head and neck fractures, severe heart failure, etc.; (2) Combined with other diseases that affect dizziness besides BPPV, such as central nervous system disease, cervical spondylosis, posterior circulation ischemia, vertebral-basilar artery insufficiency, other vestibular diseases, ophthalmic diseases, diabetes, migraine, and severe anxiety disorder and poorly controlled hypertension, etc.; (3) Women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or preparing to become pregnant; (4) Patients with a history of deafness, vertigo migraine, cerebrovascular disease, severe depression and other serious mental illnesses, or any organ dysfunction; (5) Those who have taken vestibular inhibitors, anti-anxiety drugs, antihistamines and other interfering drugs in the past 3 months that may affect the result determination; (6) Exclude secondary and post-traumatic BPPV.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Dizziness Handicap Inventory;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Visual Analog Scale;Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactCheng Bin

Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

chengbinmt@163.com+86 135 7314 3598

Outcome results

None listed

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