Thunder-Fire Moxibustion Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Shenque Acupoint: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Treatments: Other: common moxa-stick moxibustion; Other: thunder-fire moxibustion therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02964533

20161120

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a group of syndrome and is prevalent in adult. Thunder-fire moxibustion is a commentary therapy belonged to acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the effect and safety of thunder-fire moxibustion therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, we apply a randomized controlled trial by recruiting chronic fatigue syndrome patient as subject, applying thunder-fire moxibustion on shenque acupoint contrasted to common moxa-stick moxibustion, taking fatigue rating scale score, the content of CD3+、CD4+、CD8+、CD4+/CD8+ as evaluation indexes. The treatment time is 20-30 minutes per session, 3-4 times a week, there are totally 15 sessions.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1.Clinical diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, 2.Age between 18 to 65 years old. 3.Must be able to accept moxibustion treatment 4.Never receive any treatment or has suspended treatment over 2 weeks 5.Patients with good adherence, signed informed consent by themselves

Exclusion criteria

• 1.Other primary disease caused by chronic fatigue 2.Pregnancy or breast-feeding women. 3.Merge in other serious diseases, such as severe damage in heart, liver, kidney ,lung or mental illness 4.Has took durg for insomnia treatment 5.Has received acupuncture,massage for chronic fatigue syndrome treatment 6.Suffered from infectious disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

TFM

Experimental group

Description:

thunder-fire moxibustion therapy

Treatment:

Other: thunder-fire moxibustion therapy

MSM

Active Comparator group

Description:

common moxa-stick moxibustion therapy

Treatment:

Other: common moxa-stick moxibustion