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The Effect Evaluation of Laser Acupuncture in Obesity

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Kaohsiung Medical University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Obesity

Treatments

Device: Handylaser Trion laser acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01975168
KMUH-LAAC-OB-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial is conducted. 200 subjects aged above 20 years with body mass index (BMI) more than 25 kg/m2 are randomly divided into 2 groups (Group 1 and Group 2). Group 1 receives laser acupuncture therapy first while Group 2 receives sham laser acupuncture therapy first. After 12 weeks of treatment and 14 days of washout, Group 1 switch to sham laser acupuncture therapy while Group 2 switch to laser acupuncture for 12 weeks. The subjects are treated with a gallium aluminum arsenide Handylaser Trion, which is used to apply at each of the acupuncture points for 10 seconds every time, 3 times per week. The measurements of outcomes are performed in the beginning, weekly during treatment, and monthly after treatment for 3 months.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Body Mass Index over 25 kg/m2 or Waist girth over 80cm in female, waist girth over 90cm in male

Exclusion criteria

  • Pathmakers user
  • Epilepsy history
  • Pregnancy
  • Immuno-inhibiting agents user
  • Malignancy
  • Skin contacted disease
  • Weight controlled agents user during trial period
  • Eating disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1
Experimental group
Description:
arrange laser acupuncture intervention for 12 weeks, then cross over to sham laser acupuncture intervention for 12 weeks
Treatment:
Device: Handylaser Trion laser acupuncture
Group 2
Sham Comparator group
Description:
arrange sham laser acupuncture for 12 weeks, then cross over to laser acupuncture for 12 weeks
Treatment:
Device: Handylaser Trion laser acupuncture

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Chen-Cheng Yang, MD; Cheng-Che Lin, MD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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