NCT04244812

The Microcirculatory Characteristics of the Heart and Lung Meridians: A Study of CSAP Patients and Healthy Adults

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is designed to detect the microcirculatory characteristics of meridian phenomena by using an objective assessment tool and investigate the site specificity for the meridian-visceral association and surface-surface association between two specific meridians.

Detailed description

The Lung and Heart meridians are chosen as two specific studied meridians. Participants of chronic stable angina pectoris (CSAP) and healthy volunteers will be enrolled. 120 participants will be included and divided into the healthy control group, chronic stable angina pectoris (CSAP) group and healthy intervention group. Laser doppler flowmetry (LDF) will be used to assess the microcirculatory characteristics of meridian phenomena for the Heart and Lung meridians. The site specificity for the meridian-visceral association will be investigated by comparing the microcirculatory difference between the Heart and Lung meridians in the healthy control group and CSAP group. Besides, participants in the healthy intervention group will receive two sessions of moxibustion in the Heart meridian and Lung meridian respectively to explore the site specificity for the surface-surface association.

Conditions

• Chronic Stable Angina Pectoris

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Moxibustion	Two sessions of moxibustion will be performed in the Heart meridian and Lung meridian successively. Intervention in the Heart meridian: moxibustion will be performed above Shaohai (HT3) for 15 minutes. During moxibustion, the probes of laser doppler flowmetry will detect the microcirculatory characteristics of three measuring sites, which include the midpoint of the Heart meridian along the left forearm, Chize (LU5) of the Lung meridian, and the midpoint of the Lung meridian along the left forearm. Intervention in the Lung meridian: moxibustion will be performed above Chize (LU5) for 15 minutes. During moxibustion, the probes of laser doppler flowmetry will detect the microcirculatory characteristics of three measuring sites, which include the midpoint of the Lung meridian along the left forearm, Shaohai (HT3) of the Heart meridian, and the midpoint of the Heart meridian along the left forearm.
DEVICE	Laser doppler flowmetry	Laser doppler flowmetry will be used to detect the microcirculatory characteristics of meridian phenomena

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2020-01-28
• Last updated: 2020-01-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China