Trials / Unknown
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
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | acupuncture | antihypertension 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.