Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00554879
Acupuncture Treatment of Dry Eye
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center · Federal
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye by replicating the study design of the previous protocol and to see the study through to its completion.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Acupuncture | Needles placed bilaterally on the ears at the auriculotherapy points. Additional needles placed in both index fingers. A third set of needles inserted on both index fingers between LI-1 adn LI-2. |
| PROCEDURE | Sham acupuncture | Four needles will be placed on the left and right upper shoulder areas. Small circular adhesive tape will be placed in an ear area, but not on the acupuncture points. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2007-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2011-02-01
- Completion
- 2011-02-01
- First posted
- 2007-11-07
- Last updated
- 2011-08-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00554879. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.