Acunpuncture for Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care (IRCCS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Acupuncture

Treatments: Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04421521

2717

Details and patient eligibility

About

patients suffering from fibromyalgia syndrome according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology 2010 will be enrolled. All fibromyalgic patients will be subjected to a further ambulatory visit and if an energy deficiency in the Liver and Spleen Meridians will be identified, according to the Traditional Chinese Medicine rules, acupuncture will be planned. If not, a standard therapy with analgesic drugs will be started. Acupuncture treatment will consist of six weekly sessions. Tricyclic antidepressants, anti-epileptic drugs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and opioids will be used as standard strategy. Pain Scores and Fatigue Impact Scale will be assessed before any treatment and after a 28 days follow-up.

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

clinical diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

Exclusion criteria

coagulation disorders pregnancy pacemaker Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture

Standard Therapy Group

No Intervention group