NCT03952676

Moving Cupping for Plaque Psoriasis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Evaluation of Moving Cupping for Plaque Psoriasis: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to provide evidence support for the effectiveness and safety of moving cupping therapy for plaque psoriasis through clinical studies.

Detailed description

Psoriasis is a common chronic and recurrent inflammatory skin disease. The incidence of the disease is increasing year by year, seriously affecting people's quality of life. The systematic treatment of psoriasis in modern medicine is limited of wide application due to the adverse reactions of different degrees and the high economic cost. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have become an increasingly visible part of dermatology. Cupping is becoming an important therapy in complementary and alternative medicine. Although, moving cupping therapy has been widely used in the treatment of plaque psoriasis and has been recognized by a large number of peers and patients, but still lacks high-quality evidence-based medical evidence. Therefore, the project team intends to provide evidence support for the effectiveness and safety of moving cupping therapy for plaque psoriasis through clinical studies.

Conditions

• Plaque Psoriasis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Moving cupping	1. We use a black opaque eye mask to shield the patient's eyes and choose different sizes of cup according to the location of the treatment (There are three sizes of cups) 2. (1) First apply Vaseline to the skin lesions area; (2) Then hold the 95% ethanol cotton ball with tweezers, and hold the cup with the facing down, after the cotton ball is ignited, immediately sway down in the cup and then exit, and quickly buckle the cup to the skin lesions area. (3) After using the cup to absorb the skin lesions area, hold the cup body in one hand and push and pull the cup along the certain route with a little strength, so that the skin purple color of the treatment area is suitable. (4) Apply even force when pushing the cup to prevent the cup from falling off due to air leakage. (5) Acting on the skin lesions area 30 times, change cup 5 times per push and pull, the interval is not more than 10 seconds.
DEVICE	Moving cupping placebo	Using of special perforated cups, the manipulation method is the same as the intervention group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-06-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2019-05-16
• Last updated: 2019-05-16

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: China