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Effect of Acupuncture on Crohn's disease: A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of Acupuncture on Crohn's disease: A Multi-center Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2000003602
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-08-21
Start date
2020-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

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

Conditions

Crohn's disease

Interventions

Sham Acupuncture Group:Sham Acupuncture

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) Aged 16 to 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; (6) Those who have not used biological agents within 3 months before entering the study; (7) Those who have never had acupuncture experience; (8) Patients who understand the study and sign an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who have recently prepared for pregnancy or are pregnant or breast-feeding; (2) Patients with severe organic disease; (3) Patients diagnosed with mental illness; (4) Patients with multiple diseases at the same time and taking other drugs for a long time and may Affect the patients observed in this clinical trial; (5) Severe skin diseases (such as erythema nodules, pyoderma gangrenosum, etc.), eye diseases (such as iritis, uveitis, etc.), thromboembolic diseases, etc. Severe extraintestinal manifestations; (6) Severe intestinal fistula, abdominal abscess, intestinal stenosis and intestinal obstruction, perianal disease (perianal abscess, etc.), gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation and other complications; (7) Those with short bowel syndrome, those who have undergone abdominal or gastrointestinal surgery within the past six months; (8) Those who have skin diseases or defects in the selected area of acupuncture and moxibustion cannot be performed.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Recurrence rate of patients at 52 weeks;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire, IBDQ;Crohn's disease activity index, CDAI;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS;Recurrence time and number of recurrences in 52 weeks;Laboratory inspection and evaluation;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLiu Huirong

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

lhr_tcm@139.com+86 13816024323

Outcome results

None listed

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