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Acupuncture and mesalazine for patients with active mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: a randomised controlled multi-centre trial

Acupuncture and mesalazine for patients with active mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis: a randomised controlled multi-centre trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025000061
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-01-10
Start date
2025-02-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

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Conditions

Ulcerative colitis

Interventions

Group 1:usual care(mesalazine) + acupuncture
Group 2:usual care(mesalazine) + sham acupuncture

Sponsors

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for ulcerative colitis in the Expert Consensus Opinion (2022) on the diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative colitis in Chinese and Western medicine; 2) Patients with UC whose disease severity is mild or moderate in the active stage (Mayo score of 3~10); 3) Age =18 and =75 years old gender is not limited; 4) Those who voluntarily participated in this study and signed the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with a combination of severe heart brain liver kidney and other diseases and malignant tumors; 2) Patients with previous or current diagnosis of schizophrenia moderate to severe depression and other psychotic disorders; 3) Patients with severe intestinal fistula abdominal abscess intestinal stenosis and intestinal obstruction gastrointestinal hemorrhage intestinal perforation and other complications; 4) Those who have participated in acupuncture clinical trials within 1 month before enrollment or are participating in other clinical trials; 5) Those who are unable to administer acupuncture treatment due to the presence of skin diseases limb disfigurement and other conditions in the area of acupoints selected for this study; 6) Patients who are in the period of preparation for pregnancy pregnancy and breastfeeding; 7)Patients with other diseases that may cause abdominal pain diarrhea and mucous-pus-blood stools such as bacillary dysentery amoebic dysentery and irritable bowel syndrome.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
the clinical response rate at week 12;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
IL-1ß;the mucosal healing rate at week 12;Assessment of the efficacy of TCM symptoms;visual analogue scale(VAS);liver function;IL-10;TNF-a;Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ);Hospital Anxiety and Depress Scale(HADS);the clinical remission rate at week 12;Improved Mayo Single Score;IL-6;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLu-Yi Wu

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

luyitcm@163.com13917680799

Outcome results

None listed

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