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Preliminary and Exploratory Study on Specific Adverse Reactions to Acupuncture - A Randomized Controlled Trial on Tiredness, Drowsiness and Driving Ability after Treatment

Preliminary and Exploratory Study on Specific Adverse Reactions to Acupuncture - A Randomized Controlled Trial on Tiredness, Drowsiness and Driving Ability after Treatment - Acupuncture Side Effect RCT

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000000994
Enrollment
24
Registered
2008-07-01
Start date
2008-01-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Adverse Reactions in Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

Electroacupuncture Dummy electroacupuncture

Sponsors

Study Group on "Safety and Efficacy of Integrative Medicine", Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. In good health 2. Acupuncture-naive for the past 3 years 3. Driver-licensed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Continuing medical treatments 2. Bleeding tendency, compromised, or metal allegy 3. Addictive to cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine or psychotropic 4. Carsick 5. Professional driving instructor 6. Mental diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of tiredness and drowsiness, and Driving Ability Score using driving simulator—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Each item of Driving Ability Score and VAS on mood—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHitoshi Yamashita

Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences

yamashita@morinomiya-u.ac.jp06-6616-6924

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026