A Randomized Controlled Double Blinding Study of Intradermal Acupuncture Treatment on Obesity

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00414505

Enrollment

180

Registered

2006-12-21

Start date

2006-08-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2014-06-02

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Conditions

Obesity

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether intradermal acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of obesity.

Detailed description

Recently the Studies of auricular acupuncture or Common Acupuncture on obesity have been conducted. Saam acupuncture, the Korean unique acupuncture, is famous with its high efficacy but not established by the scientific way yet. Thus, we tried a double-blind study on the effect of sa-am acupuncture on obesity using intradermal acupuncture.

Interventions

DEVICEIntradermal Acupuncture Treatment

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

20 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* BMI\>25, regular menstruation, volunteer

Exclusion criteria

* symptomatic obesity, acupuncture treatment within 3 months, \>120kg, pregnancy or breast-feeding, hemophilia, dementia, mental illness, arrhythmia, liver cirrhosis, renal failure, pace maker, diabete mellitus, tuberculosis, steroid taker,

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Bio-body impedance methods	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL LDL cholesterol	—

Countries

South Korea

Contacts

Primary ContactSung-chul Kim

kscndl@hanmail.net82-62-670-6442

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026