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Clinical efficacy study on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia based on the modulation of the swallowing nerve loop

Clinical efficacy study on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia based on the modulation of the swallowing nerve loop

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025001435
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-07-20
Start date
2025-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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

Conditions

Post-stroke dysphagia PSD

Interventions

Rehabilitation control group:Swallowing Rehabilitation
Experimental group:acupuncture
Healthy control group:None

Sponsors

Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Inclusion criteria for ischemic stroke patients with pseudobulbar paralysis: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for acute ischemic stroke in the Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke 2018 and the diagnostic criteria for dysphagia disorders (the diagnostic criteria for the Treatment of Stroke Patients: Identification and Treatment of dysphagia in the National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke written by the Scottish College Guidelines Collaboration Group); (2) Aged 18-80 years; (3) Functional oral feeding (FOIS) score 2-4; (4) 15 days <= duration <=180 days; (5) The infarct was located in the cerebral cortex and subcortical regions of the brain; (6) The patient or legal representative gives informed consent and signs the informed consent. 2. Inclusion criteria for health controls: (1) From community recruitment; (2) Gender and age matched with the experimental group; (3) No history of stroke diabetes hypertension hyperlipidemia coronary heart disease etc.; (4) No history of smoking or drinking; (5) The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NHISS) assessed the degree of neurological impairment <=1 score; (6) No responsible lesions were determined by brain CT or MRI.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with dysphagia disorder before the onset of the disease; 2. Suffering from other life-threatening serious diseases with an expected survival time of less than 3 months; 3. Unable to complete the study due to mental illness cognitive or emotional disorders;Patients with severe needle fainting intolerance; 4. Unable to complete the swallowing function assessment;Patients who are pregnant planning pregnancy or breastfeeding; 5. Patients who have participated in other drug clinical trials in the past 1 month.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS);

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuation (ALFF);Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessment;Surface electromyography (sEMG);Regional homogeneity (ReHo);Swallowing-Related Quality of Life score (SWAL-QOL);National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS);Amplitude of low (ALFF);

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactMurong Zhimiao

Hu'nan University of Chinese Medicine

murongzm19@163.com18274992318

Outcome results

None listed

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