NCT00860301

Acupuncture in Infantile Colic

Acupuncture in Infantile Colic - a Randomised Controlled Double Blind Clinical Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lund University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Weeks – 8 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether acupuncture influences: * the rate of infants who still fulfil the colic criterion after three intervention weeks * the time when the infants are crying, fussing or have intense bouts of colicky symptoms

Detailed description

Infantile colic is a common problem. Both the baby and the parents are suffering and there is a risk that the early relationship is disturbed. There is no known treatment that is both effective and harmless. Acupuncture releases different neurotransmitters and hormones, gives pain reduction and affects digestion. Acupuncture in infantile colic has not been studied in a scientific way even though the method is used in many countries. In this randomised study we will investigate if acupuncture affects symptoms in infantile colic.

Conditions

• Infantile Colic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupuncture	Infants come to the clinic twice a week for three weeks. Parents meet a nurse and hand the infant to her. The nurse brings the infant to a room where another nurse is alone with the infant for five minutes. Infants in the acupuncture group get acupuncture. One needle is inserted 1-3 mm in the point LI4 on one of the infants hands for one to three seconds and then withdrawn.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2008-03-01
• Completion: 2008-03-01
• First posted: 2009-03-12
• Last updated: 2009-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden