NCT02066090

Acupuncture for Obesity on Serum Metabolic Parameters

Effects of Acupuncture on Serum Metabolic Parameters in Pre-menopausal Obese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research is planned to build a basis about the effect of acupuncture on serum metabolic parameters in pre-menopausal obese women with economic evaluation.

Detailed description

It is consisted with two sub research. First, clinical research to assess the effect of acupuncture for obesity on serum metabolic parameters will be processed with randomized, patient-assessor blinding, and sham-acupuncture controlled study design. 120 subjects would be collected and divided into two groups(experimental and placebo, 60 subjects each). Experimental group will undergo with real acupuncture treatment(manual acupuncture + electroacupuncture) twice a week, for 6 weeks. The effect on serum metabolic parameters will be assessed at 0 and 6 weeks. Second is qualitative research to make a basis through the evaluation of economic efficacy and patients' satisfaction with acupuncture treatment for obesity.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Real acupuncture	manual acupuncture (bilateral LI4, LI11, SP6, ST25, ST28, ST36) + electroacupuncture (middle CV6, CV12), twice a week, for 6 weeks common approaches for the treatment of obesity used by doctors of Korean medicine in Korea today
DEVICE	Sham acupuncture	sham acupuncture (bilateral LI4, LI11, SP6, ST25, ST28, ST36) + placebo acupuncture without electrical stimulation (middle CV6, CV12), twice a week, for 6 weeks sham acupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Acuprime, UK) as control for manual acupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea) placebo acupuncture without electrical stimulation as control for electroacupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 90mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2016-02-01
• Completion: 2016-02-01
• First posted: 2014-02-19
• Last updated: 2017-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea