NCT01360229

Acupuncture for Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease

Acupuncture as a Symptomatic Treatment for Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 94 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to see if acupuncture can safety and effectively treat fatigue in Parkinson's Disease (PD). Eligible subjects will receive either real or sham acupuncture twice weekly for six weeks.

Conditions

• Parkinsons Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive real acupuncture. Acupuncture is a procedure in which specific body areas are pierced with fine needles for therapeutic purposes
OTHER	Acupuncture to treat fatigue in Parkinson disease	Subjects will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive sham acupuncture.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-05-01
• First posted: 2011-05-25
• Last updated: 2019-08-12
• Results posted: 2019-08-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States