Acupressure for the Treatment of Raynaud's Phenomenon

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Raynaud's Phenomeon

Treatments: Other: Acupressure dilatation; Behavioral: education; Other: Acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01784354

HUM00062868

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of acupressure will be compared to targeted Raynaud's education and will evaluate the' frequency, duration and pain of Raynaud's attacks.

Full description

Using a Raynaud's condition score, severity of tingling, numbness and pain of attacks, the number of attacks and patient and physician visual analog scale we will assess the effect of acupressure.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• > 18 years old
• Have Raynauds phenomenon, with at least 4 attacks in the last week
• on stable medications
• Willing to attend study visits

Exclusion criteria

• smoker
• have a history of stroke, heart attack or irregular heart rhythm
• uncontrolled blood pressure
• physical or mental illness that would interfere with participating in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Education

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

target education toward Raynaud's

Treatment:

Behavioral: education

Acupressure

Active Comparator group

Description:

acupressure- dilatation

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure dilatation

Acupressure relaxation

Active Comparator group

Description:

acupressure relaxation protocol

Treatment:

Other: Acupressure