NCT02423694

Effectiveness and Safety of Electro-acupuncture for Mild-to-moderate Perimenopausal Depression

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 252 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 45 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Main objective: to compare the effects of electro-acupuncture and escitalopram oxalate tablets on mild-to-moderate perimenopausal depression, and to evaluate the safety of electroacupuncture stimulation.

Conditions

• Perimenopause
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	electro-acupuncture	8 acupoint: Guanyuan, Zigong (bilateral), Tianshu(bilateral), Sanyinjiao(bilateral), Hegu(bilateral), Taichong(bilateral), Baihui, Yintang. Every patient is supposed to have 36 times acupuncture treatment. 30 minutes per time. Baihui, Yintang, Zigong (bilateral), Tianshu (bilateral) are applied with electro-acupuncture device with dilatational wave, current frequency: 10/50Hz, intensity: 0.5\~1.0 mA
DRUG	escitalopram oxalate tablets	escitalopram oxalate tablet, once a day, 0.5 hour after breakfast, oral taken, 10mg, for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-04-22
• Last updated: 2015-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China