NCT05632029

Laser Acupuncture in Egyptian Systemic Lupus Females With Insulin Resistance

Laser Acupuncture in Systemic Lupus Women With Prediabetes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

glucose hemosatasis, oxidative stress, abnormalities of blood pressures, and high inflammatory status is high presented in lupus patients.

Detailed description

64 lupus prediabetic women will equally distributed to group A (n =32 that will receive laser acupuncture (active) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont) or group B (n =32 this group will receive the same protocol of group A but the points will be sham points)

Conditions

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• PreDiabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	active laser	32 lupus prediabetic women will receive laser acupuncture (active laser) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont)
DEVICE	sham laser	32 lupus prediabetic women will receive laser acupuncture (sham laser, i.e power of device will be zero watt) for one month (3 days week) on acupoint number 14 of GV meridian, acupoint number 4 and 11 of large intestine, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian, acupoint number 3 of liver meridian, acupoint number 4, 12, and 9 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 40, 36, and 25 of stomach meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian, and acupoint number 5 of triple energizer meridian, laser will be applied for 1 min on every acupiont)

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-20
• Primary completion: 2023-03-30
• Completion: 2023-03-30
• First posted: 2022-11-30
• Last updated: 2022-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt