Clinical trial for evaluating validity of various acupuncture device types

Randomized, crossover clinical trial for evaluating validity of various sham acupuncture device types

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0001347

Enrollment

Registered

2015-01-15

Start date

2015-01-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : [Study design] Study flow is as follows. Participants will receive a total of three acupuncture sessions every 1 hour in a day and have 30 minutes for washout periods between acupunct

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients 20-50 years old (2) Participants who can communicate and complete questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Participants who are taking medicine during last 1 months because of neuropsychiatry disease such as epilepsy, depression, panic disorder, schizophrenia that can influence results (2) Pregnant or breast-feeding (3) Korean Medicine Doctor or Student of Korean Medicine University (Because they can classify sham and real acupuncture well) (4) Participants taking alcohol and coffee and overwork the day before the day of the experiment. (5) Besides, participants determined unsuitable for the study by the researcher.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Blinding rate	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mass Index;New BI(Blinding Index);Autonomic Nervous Response(Heart rate, Skin Conductance Response)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJungtae Leem

Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center

julcho@naver.com+82-2-958-9194

Outcome results