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Study NCT ID:
NCT00449241
Status:
UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted:
2007-03-20
First Post:
2007-03-19
Brief Title:
Acupuncture Treatment in Adults Undergoing Diagnostic OGD A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Randomized Trial
Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Organization:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study Overview
Official Title:
Acupuncture Treatment in Adults Undergoing Diagnostic Upper Gastrintestinal Endoscopy A Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Randomized Trial
Status:
UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date:
2007-03
Last Known Status:
RECRUITING
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
To find out how the application of acupuncture needles to the proposed acupuncture points Heart 7 HT 7 and Pericardium 6 PC 6 for reducing anxiety during Esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy EGD
Detailed Description:
Acupuncture is being used as one part of Chinese medicine for more than 2500 years in treating diseases Recent functional magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated that acupuncture can suppress the pain area in the brain so as to reduce the pain that felt by human subjects Western medicine proposed the acupuncture mechanisms as to provoke the release of endogenous substances from central nervous system so in reducing pain Many studies had been done using acupuncture in reducing pain for post-operation period however most of them were not very systematic and even some of them are leak of control group Furthermore to our knowledge the use of acupuncture for reducing anxiety during EGD has not been previously investigated
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None