NCT02098928

Comparison Between Hand-acupuncture and Electro-acupuncture Stimulation in the Treatment of Menopause

Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial on Comparison of Efficacy Between Hand Acupuncture and Electro-acupuncture in Treatment of Menopausal Hot Flashes Symptoms

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 242 (actual)
• Sponsor: The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 40 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Main objective: to compare the effects of hand-acupuncture and electro-acupuncture stimulation on the baking heat symptoms of menopause Secondary objective: to evaluate the safety and acceptability of hand acupuncture and electroacupuncture stimulation

Conditions

• Menopause
• Puncture Site Reaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Hand-acupuncture	Use Hand-acupuncture directly. Four acupoints:Tianshu,Zigong,Guanyuan and Sanyinjiao. Every patient are supposed to have 24 times acupuncture treatment. 30 minutes per time.
DEVICE	Electrico-acupuncture	Use Electrico-acupuncture device to therapy. Four acupoints:Tianshu,Zigong,Guanyuan and Sanyinjiao. Every patient are supposed to have 24 times acupuncture treatment. 30 minutes per time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2014-03-28
• Last updated: 2015-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China