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Clinical and multimodal imaging study on the intervention of coronary heart disease with depression through acupuncture at Neiguan and Shenmen acupoints

Clinical and multimodal imaging study on the intervention of coronary heart disease with depression through acupuncture at Neiguan and Shenmen acupoints

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2026001552
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2026-06-20
Start date
2023-05-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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

Conditions

coronary heart disease with depression

Interventions

Electroacupuncture group:Acupuncture was performed on both bilateral Neiguan and Shenmen acupoints. The electro-acupuncture machine was connected (with a frequency range of 4Hz to 20Hz and an initial
Control group:No acupuncture intervention was carried out
only the natural course of the disease was observed.

Sponsors

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Meets the diagnostic criteria for stable coronary heart disease; (2) Meets the diagnostic criteria for mild to moderate depression; (3) Has not taken any psychotropic drugs, and has no severe complications or acute diseases; (4) No gender restrictions, aged 40-70 years old, with well-controlled blood pressure and blood sugar (blood pressure controlled within 90-140 mmHg/60-90 mmHg, random blood sugar controlled within 3.9-11.1 mmol/L); (5) Left ventricular ejection fraction > 50%; (6) Has no contraindications for acupuncture and has signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Those with severe depression who need to take oral antidepressants, with a HAMD-24 score > 35; (2) Patients with aortic dissection aneurysm, rheumatic heart disease, primary cardiomyopathy and other non-coronary heart diseases; (3) Patients with severe pulmonary, liver, kidney dysfunction and primary diseases such as hematological disorders, or patients with severe cardiac dysfunction (NYHA Class I); (4) Those who have suffered from acute myocardial infarction, stroke and coronary artery PCI within the last month; (5) Pregnant or lactating women or women of childbearing age who have not taken effective contraceptive measures; (6) Patients in the terminal stage of malignant tumors with cachexia; (7) Patients with specific bleeding history, or bleeding history caused by taking warfarin; (8) Subjects with active infections; (9) Those who have received acupuncture treatment within the last month; (10) Those whose therapeutic effect cannot be determined or whose data are incomplete due to various reasons; (11) Those who are currently participating in other clinical trials.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Seattle Angina Scale;Hamilton Depression Scale;Depression Self-Rating Scale;Scan and observe changes in brain function (parameters such as low-frequency amplitude, local consistency, functional connectivity, etc.);cerebral blood flow;Analyze the integrity of white matter (various anisotropy scores such as FA, mean diffusivity MD, axial diffusivity AD, and radial diffusivity RD);Voxel-based brain morphometric measurement method;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI);Multidimensional Fatigue Scale (MFI-20);Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCa);Analysis of Heart Rate Variability;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhengguang Chen

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Dongzhimen Hospital

guangchen999@sina.com13811102130

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026