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UnknownNCT03600220

Exploring the Effect of Combined Chinese and Western Treatment on Home Medical Care

Effectiveness of Combining Antihypertensive Drugs and Acupuncture on Isolated Systolic Hypertension of Elderly Patients at Home

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80 (estimated)
Sponsor
Taipei City Hospital · Other Government
Sex
All
Age
65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

combine antihypertensive drugs and acupuncture to isolated systolic hypertension elderly patients at home

Detailed description

The investigators would like to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and drug therapy on blood pressure. The investigators chose acupuncture point according the Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, besides, each patient was using 1-3 antihypertensive drug of a heterogeneous pharmacological group ranging from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), diuretics, and beta blockers.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERacupunctureantihypertension drug, acupuncture twice a week for 3 months

Timeline

Start date
2018-06-01
Primary completion
2018-09-01
Completion
2019-05-31
First posted
2018-07-26
Last updated
2018-07-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03600220. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.