New Modality for Post Covid Syndrome Patients

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Post Covid Syndrome

Treatments: Device: laser acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05271500

P.T.REC/012/003582

Details and patient eligibility

About

Coronavirus (19) is a pandemic that affects many countries allover the world. Many patients experienced symptoms as dyspnea and fatigue after their recovery from coronavirus . These symptoms appear to occur regardless the severity of the infection. In addition, many studies reported change in the inflammatory status and immunity in post covid patients. laser acupuncture is a painless noninvasive modality that is used in treating many diseases. laser acupuncture appear to have a role in relieving symptoms, altering inflammatory status and boosting immunity in post covid patients.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age will be ranged from 30 to 40 years
• patients were diagnosed as covid 19 by polymerase chain reaction test using nasopharyngeal swap
• patients will be negative polymerase chain reaction test (pcr) with symptoms of dyspnea and fatigue.
• patients will be recruited after 2 weeks post the negative pcr
• patients who want to participate and complete the study till the end

Exclusion criteria

• patients with photosensitivity
• pacemaker plantation pregnant women
• BMI more than 30kg/m2 infection or inflammation at the site of acupuncture laser malignancy uncontrolled diabetes psychiatric disorders or mental retardation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

group(1)

Active Comparator group

Description:

40 post covid 19 patients will receive laser acupuncture

Treatment:

Device: laser acupuncture

group(2)

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

40 post covid patients will receive placebo laser acupuncture in which laser will be off

Treatment:

Device: laser acupuncture