NCT05144880

Effects of Electroacupuncture With Different Frequencies for Major Depressive Disorder

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Two groups of subjects will be included 55 subjects in electroacupuncture with 2Hz group, 55 subjects in the electroacupuncture with 100Hz group. The clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture with different frequencies (2 Hz, 100 Hz) in the treatment of MDD will be observed by evaluation indicators, such as Self-rating depression scale and Hamilton depression scale.

Conditions

• Major Depressive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	electroacupuncture	A total of 12 treatment sessions will be administered to each participant. The acupoints of needles inserted for each participant in each session are DU20, EX-HN1, DU29, HT17, PC6, RN6, RN4, LR3 and SP6. The needles will be manually stimulated by rotating, thrusting, stirring, etc. to produce ''De Qi'' sensation. Then we will use electroacupuncture for acupoint stimulation lasting 30min. The frequency will be set as 2Hz for the electroacupuncture with 2Hz group and the frequency will be set as 100Hz for the electroacupuncture with 100Hz group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2021-12-03
• Last updated: 2023-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China