Acupuncture for low food intake

Acupuncture for low food intake - Acupuncture for low food intake

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000055185

Enrollment

Registered

2024-08-07

Start date

2023-03-10

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

Reduced food intake during hospitalization

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: From February 1, 2020 to January 31, 2023, among the patients who received acupuncture treatment during hospitalization at the Kumamoto Red Cross Hospital for decreased food intake, Subjects whose average food intake during the week before treatment is less than 50%.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects who cannot observe food intake for 3 days before and after acupuncture treatment. Those who are managed by tube feeding.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in food intake before and after acupuncture intervention for one week	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in food intake for each of the three meals before and after acupuncture intervention, Changes in measured values of prealbumin, total cholesterol, nutritional prognostic index, hemoglobin, and C-reactive protein in patients with nutrition support team intervention Safety (presence or absence of adverse events)	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactNaoya Mitani

Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital Department of general internal medicine

mita70.hari@gmail.com0963842111

Outcome results