NCT00907621

Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Infant Colic

Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Infant Colic: A Prospective Multi-center Single Blinded Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oslo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Weeks – 3 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Standardized acupuncture treatment for infant colic is a common treatment in general practice for doctors educated in medical acupuncture. The investigators plan to study whether the perceived opinion on positive results can be verified in a multi-center clinical trial. The investigators aim to measure the effect of standardized acupuncture treatment, three repeated sessions, on infant colic in a randomized singe blinded prospective multi-center study, starting September 2009. The study will be done in thirteen locations in Norway by specialists in General Practice trained in acupuncture. The investigators intend to include a total of 130 patients, 65 in the intervention group and 65 in the control group.

Conditions

• Infant Colic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture with Seirin 020x15 mm sterile acupuncture needle	Bilateral insertion of a Seirin 020x15mm sterile acupuncture needle to a depth of 12mm for 30 seconds during 3 consecutive working days at the WHO designated acupuncture point St36.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2009-05-22
• Last updated: 2015-03-17
• Results posted: 2015-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway