NCT05829278

Efficacy and Central Mechanism of Acupuncture for Treating Chronic Subjective Tinnitus Assessed by fNIRS

Efficacy and Central Mechanism of Acupuncture for Treating Chronic Subjective Tinnitus Assessed by fNIRS: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

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

Summary

This randomized controlled pilot trial aims to explore the Efficacy and central mechanism of acupuncture for treating chronic subjective tinnitus using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS).

Detailed description

A total of 60 tinnitus patients were randomly assigned to either an acupuncture group or a waiting list group in a 1:1 ratio. Subjects in the acupuncture group will undergo 4-week acupuncture treatment, while subjects in the waiting list group will receive no treatment during the 4 weeks.

Conditions

• Tinnitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Acupuncture will be performed at acupoints including TE17 (Yifeng), SI19 (Tinggong), GB2 (Tinghui), TE5 (Waiguan), TE3 (Zhongzhu), ST36(Zusanli ), KI3 (Taixi), and etc.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2024-12-01
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2023-04-25
• Last updated: 2023-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China