Effect of Electroacupuncture on P6 Acupoint on Hypertensive Patients. (EEP6)

Ong Fujian Chinese Physician Hall

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Procedure: Sham acupuncture; Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04514068

OngFujianCPH

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled clinical trial with three parallel arms. This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of electroacupuncture on P6 acupoint for patients with hypertension,with respect to decreasing their blood pressure, safety of acupuncture ,and improving their quality of life as well.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients above 18 years old
• Have not recently had any changes in anti-hypertensive medications
• Have not recently been discharged from hospital/are stable
• Is not having any acute infection.

Exclusion criteria

• Trypanophobia
• Below 18 years of age
• Is currently having an acute infection
• Is unstable or have been discharged recently from hospital
• Changes made to anti-hypertensive medications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Unilateral electroacupuncture of p6 acupoint

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture

Bilateral electroacupuncture of p6 acupoint

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture

Sham acupuncture of p6 acupoint

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Sham acupuncture