NCT00599677

Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Functional Dyspepsia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 720 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to testify the efficacy of treating functional dyspepsia with acupuncture, and provide evidence for the hypothesis that "Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Detailed description

The purpose of the study is to testify whether acupuncture is effective for functional dyspepsia, through treating functional dyspepsia patient for a month, using different acupoints according to literatures of treating migraine with acupuncture, and using Itopride as controlled group, and try to provide clinical evidence for the hypothesis that"Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Conditions

• Functional Dyspepsia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	acupuncture	Subjects are treated five days a week continuously, and for four weeks.They are treated 30min every time.
DRUG	Itopride	Each pill weighs 50mg, once a pill, three times a day. The pills are taken half an hour before meals, and be taken 4 weeks continuously.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2009-09-01
• Completion: 2009-09-01
• First posted: 2008-01-24
• Last updated: 2011-11-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China