Acupuncture Combined With Nimodipine for Prevention of Post-stroke Dementia

Yuzhen Pan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post-stroke Dementia

Treatments: Drug: The control group received oral nimodipine tablets

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06007573

2021-zj-21

Details and patient eligibility

About

To observe the clinical efficacy of TCM acupuncture combined with western medicine nimodipine for prevention of post-stroke dementia by comparing with clinical conventional treatment methods.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Definite ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by head CT / MRI examination
2. Memory or cognitive and executive dysfunction. Cognitive dysfunction will be determined after the mini mental state evaluation (MMSE) score
3. Age limited to 40-85 years, irrespective of gender
4. Stable condition, clear consciousness, no aphasia, oral medication available
5. No major comorbidity, no major depression
6. Consent and signed patient informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Had serious medical conditions, such as heart, liver, kidney, or endocrine disease
2. Aphasia or hearing impairment
3. Participants in other clinical trials
4. Patients currently on medication to improve cognitive function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

On the basis of the control group treatment, the treatment group also adopted the acupuncture treatment

Treatment:

Drug: The control group received oral nimodipine tablets

control group

Other group

Description:

The control group received oral nimodipine tablets

Treatment:

Drug: The control group received oral nimodipine tablets