NCT04952935

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Medication-Dependent Hypotension in Heart Failure

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Scripps Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acupuncture is believed to increase blood pressure in people who struggle with low blood pressure. This is a common problem facing people with heart failure, and sometimes these people need to take medications to artificially increase their blood pressure. This study is designed to determine if using acupuncture in people with heart failure can improve their blood pressure enough to not require medications to artificially increase blood pressure.

Conditions

• Congestive Heart Failure
• Hypotension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	True Acupuncture	Delivery of four acupuncture seeds (no needles involved) to the head and neck area at true acupuncture points.
PROCEDURE	Sham Acupuncture	Delivery of four acupuncture seeds (no needles involved) to the head and neck area at non-acupuncture points.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-20
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2021-07-07
• Last updated: 2021-07-07

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States