Upper Airway Cough Syndrome
Conditions
Sponsors
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meeting the diagnostic criteria for pediatric UACS (with reference to the Chinese "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Cough in Children"); (2) Aged 3-12 years, regardless of gender; (3) No use of medications such as intranasal corticosteroids or antibiotics within one week prior to treatment; (4) Legal guardians of the pediatric patients have provided informed consent and signed the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Sinusitis accompanied by facial pain/swelling or olfactory dysfunction, or complicated by otitis media; (2) Cough attributable to other identified causes (e.g., asthma, protracted bacterial bronchitis, gastroesophageal reflux, etc.); (3) Coexisting respiratory diseases, or severe cardiac, hepatic, renal diseases, or immunodeficiency; (4) Local skin lesions or infections contraindicating massage therapy; (5) Allergy to press needles (thumbtack-type acupuncture needles); (6) Current participation in other clinical trials.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At Week 2, the change from baseline in cough symptoms Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score.; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The change from baseline in the Simple Cough Evaluation Test (CET) score.;Change from baseline in the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in Mandarin Chinese (LCQ-MC);Change from baseline in the Generic Core Scale of Parental Health-Related Quality of Life (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, PedsQL);Time to cough relief (as recorded by patient diary); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYu Changhe
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital
Outcome results
None listed