NCT02568774

Acupuncture on Post-Stroke Overactive Bladder

Acupuncture on Post-Stroke Overactive Bladder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of acupuncture on post-stroke overactive bladder symptoms. Participants will be put into groups randomly and compared. There are two groups: traditional acupuncture and usual care. The ratio of group allocation is 1:1.

Detailed description

Current practice in management of OAB is quite limited. Acupuncture, which is a major treatment modality of traditional Chinese medicine, has also claimed to have favourable therapeutic effect on OAB. Previous study found that acupuncture at the BL-33 point was effective for controlling the overactive bladder. Although acupuncture has been shown to be effective in treating OAB, there has been no randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of acupuncture on patients with post-stroke. Given the high incidence of OAB in post-stroke patients, potentially effective alternative treatments should be investigated.

Conditions

• Overactive Bladder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Traditional Acupuncture	Treatment is based on the traditional Chinese medicine theory for treating overactive bladder. Qi-transforming function of bladder is regulated by experienced Chinese medicine practitioner.
OTHER	Usual Care	Patients will receive conventional rehabilitation as usual, including standard physiotherapy, bladder training and general advise of fluid intake.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-01
• Completion: 2018-08-01
• First posted: 2015-10-06
• Last updated: 2018-10-11

Locations

3 sites across 2 countries: China, Hong Kong