The Efficacy of the Acupuncture in the Treatment of Systemic Arterial Hypertension

silvia goldmeier

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Arterial Hypertension

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03512106

Acupuncture

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are few studies in the treatment of hypertension employing acupuncture as a blood pressure regulating technique. The Ministry of Health synthesized the inclusion of integrative and complementary practices within the Unique Health System, such as acupuncture. Our objective is to verify the effect of the acupuncture session on hypertensive patients, measured through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). In this way two groups of patients will be selected in a randomized clinical trial. In the first group, Chinese traditional acupuncture will be applied and in the second group the acupuncture sham will be applied.

Full description

Acupuncture as therapy is the subject of conflicting opinions on its effectiveness in scientific means, because in spite of its long existence as a therapeutic tool, raises doubts on the standards of Western science model. In addition, there are few studies in the treatment of hypertension employing Acupuncture as a blood pressure regulating technique. The Ministry of Health synthesized the inclusion of integrative and complementary practices within the Unique Health System, such as Acupuncture. The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes its effectiveness, having its own concept in the energy imbalance that alter the organic, mental and emotional part addressing a current issue proposing to groundbreaking research. The objective is to verify the effect of the acupuncture session on hypertensive patients, measured through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). In this way two groups of patients will be selected in a randomized clinical trial. In the first group, Chinese traditional acupuncture will be applied and in the second group the acupuncture sham will be applied.

Enrollment: 86 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients enrolled in stage I to III of systemic arterial hypertension
• signing the free and informed consent term

Exclusion criteria

• patients who do not agree to participate in the study
• patients with systolic pressure values greater than 180 mmHg or diastolic pressure above 110 mmHg
• patients with important comorbidities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Acupuncture group

Experimental group

Description:

Chinese traditional acupuncture

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

Sham group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Sham

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture