NCT02432508

Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture on Pruritus in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis

Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture on Pruritus in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Multiple Centers, Randomized, Assessor- and Participant-blind, Controlled, Cross-over Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Uremic pruritus is a clinically significant symptom which imposes heavy impact on the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis. In order to investigate the clinical efficacy and mechanism, the investigators designed a multiple centers, randomized, assessor- and participant-blind, controlled, cross-over clinical trial. This trial will be conducted at Taichung branch, Feng-yuan branch and the Eastern branch of CMUH.

Detailed description

We plan to enroll 200 volunteer patients with uremic pruritus. After the waiting period (as the waiting list group), you will be randomized to laser acupuncture and sham laser acupuncture group. Each group will include 100 patients and given intervention according to their hemodialysis frequency, i.e., BIW or TIW. The intervention will then be crossed over to the other one after 4 week of wash-our period. Outcome measurement includes questionnaires, biochemistry analysis, instrumental analysis and medication score.

Conditions

• Pruritus
• Kidney Failure, Chronic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Laser acupuncture (Olympic)	Physiolaser Olympic laser acupuncture device (50mW, 655nm)
DEVICE	Sham Laser acupuncture (Olympic)	Physiolaser Olympic laser acupuncture device (Low dose of laser energy: 5mW, 655nm)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-12-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2015-05-04
• Last updated: 2015-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan