Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03755960
ACUpuncture in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Acupuncture in Symptomatic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 62 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Benno Brinkhaus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Multicentric,randomized, two-armed confirmatory trial on the effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with symptomatic peripheral diabetic neuropathy compared to routine care.
Detailed description
The study will investigate the effect of a series of acupuncture treatments on subdimensions of neuropathic symptoms, such as pain, tingling and numbness. Neurophysiological testing of the affected nerves are incorporated into the study as a possible morphological correlate of functional and clinical findings.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | acupuncture | semistandardized selection of acupuncture points according to the clinical presentation of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) symptoms; 12 treatments over 8 weeks |
| DRUG | routine care | pharmacological routine care (antidepressants, anticonvulsants, opioids, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-03-02
- Primary completion
- 2021-04-01
- Completion
- 2021-04-01
- First posted
- 2018-11-28
- Last updated
- 2021-04-15
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03755960. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.