NCT00090389

Acupuncture for Women's Health Conditions

New England School of Acupuncture (NESA) Acupuncture Research Collaborative

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (planned)
• Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · NIH
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of acupuncture in treating women's health conditions.

Detailed description

This trial comprises three studies. In the first two studies, women will be randomly assigned to receive either real or sham acupuncture therapy. Study 1 will include women with various forms of cancer. White blood cell counts will be used to assess the effects of acupuncture on participants' immune responses. Study 2 will include women with unspecified pelvic pain and endometriosis; a self-report pain scale will be used to assess the effects of acupuncture on participants' symptoms. Study 3 will evaluate the validity and reliability of diagnoses made by Chinese medicine practitioners. In this study, a group of Chinese medicine practitioners will diagnose the same group of patients; consistency of the diagnoses will be evaluated.

Conditions

• Ovarian Neoplasms
• Endometriosis
• Pelvic Pain
• Uterine Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Chinese Acupuncture

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-01-01
• Primary completion: 2007-05-01
• Completion: 2007-05-01
• First posted: 2004-08-26
• Last updated: 2008-01-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States