Acupuncture for Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinsons Disease

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture to treat fatigue in Parkinson disease; Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01360229

10-0533

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to see if acupuncture can safety and effectively treat fatigue in Parkinson's Disease (PD). Eligible subjects will receive either real or sham acupuncture twice weekly for six weeks.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with PD
• Patients 40-99 years of age
• Patients who have significant fatigue
• Patients must be on a stable medication regimen for the treatment of PD

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have had previous acupuncture within the past six months
• Patients who have had deep brain stimulation (DBS)
• Patients with dementia, depression, or sleep disorder
• Patients who are currently taking medications known to affect fatigue, such as stimulants

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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94 participants in 2 patient groups

Randomized Subjects receive a sham acupuncture.

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either real or sham acupuncture.

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture to treat fatigue in Parkinson disease

Randomized Subjects receive real acupuncture.

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either real or sham acupuncture.

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture