NCT01696838

Efficacy of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment in Patients With Quiescent Crohn's Disease:Evaluation With fMRI

Efficacy of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment in Patients With Quiescent Crohn's Disease:Evaluation With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging(fMRI)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridian · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture or moxibustion therapies are effective in the treatment of Crohn's disease. Meanwhile, the investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy by functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture or moxibustion therapies are effective in the treatment of Crohn's disease. meanwhile, the investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy by functional magnetic resonance imaging. Through treating quiescent Crohn's disease by electroacupuncture or moxibustion therapies for 12 weeks, Compare the different brain activation by the different therapies and observe the correlation between brain activation and efficacy.

Conditions

• Crohn's Disease
• CAM

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	electroacupuncture	Patients receive electroacupuncture for 30 minutes with a stimulation frequency of 2 /100 Hz and a stimulation intensity varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mA.3 times per week,the duration is 12 weeks.
OTHER	moxibustion	patients receive herbs-partitioned moxibustion for 2 cones，3 times a week for 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2012-10-01
• Last updated: 2016-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China