Exploring the Effect of Combined Chinese and Western Treatment on Home Medical Care

Taipei City Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Other: acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03600220

TCHIRB-10703120-E

Details and patient eligibility

About

combine antihypertensive drugs and acupuncture to isolated systolic hypertension elderly patients at home

Full description

The investigators would like to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and drug therapy on blood pressure.

The investigators chose acupuncture point according the Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, besides, each patient was using 1-3 antihypertensive drug of a heterogeneous pharmacological group ranging from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), diuretics, and beta blockers.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patient with isolated blood pressure diagnosis by physicians and BP >140/<90 mmHg
2. patient took the drug to control blood pressure for more than one year
3. age>65 years old
4. Willing to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

1. Suspected acute stroke
2. chest pain or dyspnea
3. ingestion of short-acting antihypertensive medication within 2 h prior to the beginning of the study
4. body temperature >37.5∘C(99.5∘F)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

drug use

No Intervention group

Description:

routine drug use, each patient was using 1-3 antihypertensive drug of a heterogeneous pharmacological group ranging from ACE inhibitors, diuretics, and beta blockers

drug combine acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

routine drug use combine acupuncture twice a week for 3 months

Treatment:

Other: acupuncture