NCT05429424

Complementary Acupuncture Treatment of Dysphagia in Stroke

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 336 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A Taiwanese study pointed out that stroke patients who have language barriers, dysphagia, and aspiration pneumonia are more likely to suffer from prolonged hospitalization. Improvements in dysphagia and subsequent complications in patients should be effective in reducing hospital stays and improving the quality of long-term care. In view of clinical medical needs and policy trends, this study aims to explore the efficacy of using traditional Chinese medicine to treat cerebral apoplexy sequelae in Taiwan. It is expected that through (1) exploration of real-world data analysis, combined with the advantages of Taiwan's biomedical database, data exploration will be carried out to provide big data (2) Multi-center prospective randomized clinical trials, providing clinical evidence of the highest level of evidence in empirical medicine.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Verum acupuncture group	The acupuncturist disinfected the skin of the selected acupoints with alcohol, then vertically penetrated the skin with disposable stainless-steel needles (size, brand, Taiwan) to the depth predetermined for each point (between 8-25 mm, depending on the location of the acupoint) and achieved a "deqi" response, often described as a pressure, fullness, or achiness feeling around the acupoints.
OTHER	Sham control group I	The needle does not penetrate the skin and retract in the handle while the acupuncturist needling into the skin. The participants easily believe their intervention owing to the sensation of needling into the skin that the device mimics. The needles were fixed with a plastic ring and micropore on the body of the participants without manipulation.
OTHER	Sham control group II	The acupuncturist disinfected the skin of the selected acupoints with alcohol, then vertically penetrated the skin with disposable stainless-steel needles (size, brand, Taiwan) to the depth predetermined for each point (between 8-25 mm, depending on the location of the acupoint) and achieved a "deqi" response, often described as a pressure, fullness, or achiness feeling around the acupoints.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-02
• Primary completion: 2025-07-31
• Completion: 2025-07-31
• First posted: 2022-06-23
• Last updated: 2023-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan