Laser Acupuncture in Egyptian Systemic Lupus Females With Insulin Resistance

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: PreDiabetes; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Treatments: Device: sham laser; Device: active laser

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05632029

P.T.REC/012/004113

Details and patient eligibility

About

glucose hemosatasis, oxidative stress, abnormalities of blood pressures, and high inflammatory status is high presented in lupus patients.

Full description

64 lupus prediabetic women will equally distributed to group A (n =32 that will receive laser acupuncture (active) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont) or group B (n =32 this group will receive the same protocol of group A but the points will be sham points)

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• prediabetic lupus females (n =64)

Exclusion criteria

• obesity diabetes heart or respiratory problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

laser (active laser)

Active Comparator group

Description:

32 lupus prediabetic women will receive laser acupuncture (active laser) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont)

Treatment:

Device: active laser

laser (sham laser)

Sham Comparator group

Description:

32 lupus prediabetic women will receive laser acupuncture (sham . i.e power of the device will be zero) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont)

Treatment:

Device: sham laser