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Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture for Obesity and Over-weight People

H

Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Overweight
Obesity

Treatments

Device: acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02108236
Acupuncture-Obesity-2014-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for obesity and overweight people in China.

Enrollment

110 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • The individuals is phlegm-dampness constitution and female.
  • Age is between 18 and 45 years.
  • BMI is between 24 and 50.
  • The individuals voluntarily sign the informed consent form.
  • The individuals live in Harbin City of China.

Exclusion criteria

  • Secondary obesity, eg:pituitary diseases, hypothalamic disorder, hypothyroidism, pancreatic diseases,hyperadrenocorticism, postmenopausal obesity etc.
  • The individuals with server cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer.
  • Having therapy for obesity in the last three months.
  • The individuals do not adhere to the treatment or are with other treatments.
  • Female individuals with pregnancy, lactation and planning a pregnancy in the two months.
  • Critical patients or patients combined with liver and kidney damage.
  • Individuals with visual and auditory memory disorders or psychosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

110 participants in 2 patient groups

Blank control group
No Intervention group
Description:
A control group of patients is put on a waiting list for no intervention and remaining unchanged lifestyle.
intervention group
Active Comparator group
Description:
An intervention group of patients is put on a waiting list for acupuncture treatment.
Treatment:
Device: acupuncture

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Xie Ning, PhD

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