NCT04488198

Acupuncture in Pediatrics and Adolescents With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CIBD) with its prevalence of 2.6 million people in Europe is diagnosed in 25% before the age of 18 years. Early remission is intended to improve child growth, quality of life and reduce psychological comorbidities. Additionally to conventional drugs one third of pediatric CIBD patients use alternative treatment strategies. However, there is a lack of evidence of acupuncture as complementary medicine in pediatric CIBD on the disease activity and inflammation. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of acupuncture in children with CIBD on the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) and the Weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (sPCDAI), which are non-invasive validated instruments to measure the disease activity. Furthermore, this study aims to investigate the effect of acupuncture on chronic pain, quality of life and parameters of inflammation.

Conditions

• Morbus Crohn
• Colitis, Ulcerative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupuncture	Patients receive 8 acupuncture sessions (1 session per week, 20 minutes per session) with acupuncture needles.
OTHER	Placebo-Acupuncture	Patients receive 8 acupuncture sessions (1 session per week, 20 minutes per session) with placebo-needles.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2020-07-27
• Last updated: 2025-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria