Acupuncture and Hot Flashes

Mayo Clinic

Status and phase: Terminated; Phase 3

Conditions: Hot Flashes

Treatments: Other: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00217074

2294-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Methods: 103 participants, after being randomized to medical versus sham acupuncture received bi-weekly treatments for 5 weeks, after a baseline assessment week. They were then followed for an additional 7 weeks. Participants completed daily hot flash questionnaires, which formed the basis for analysis.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants eligible for this study were females aged 45 to 59 with a reported average of ¡Ý 5 hot flashes a day

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind