NCT03294616

Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture for Gastric Complications of Scleroderma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

An innovative method of needleless transcutaneous electroacupuncture (TEA) using a newly developed watch-size stimulator is proposed. Weak electrical current will be delivered via skin surface electrodes to acupuncture points related to gastrointestinal functions. The stimulator can be attached to the skin near the acupuncture points and therefore daily activity of the patient does not need to be altered. Two experiments are designed to prove the feasibility of the proposed therapy for gastric complications of Scleroderma .

Conditions

• Scleroderma
• Gastroparesis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	transcutaneous electroacupuncture	Weak electrical current will be generated by the device and delivered via skin surface electrodes to acupuncture points related to gastrointestinal functions

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-06
• Primary completion: 2019-06-30
• Completion: 2019-11-20
• First posted: 2017-09-27
• Last updated: 2019-11-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States