NCT06114342

The Biological Specificity of Acupoints Between Major Depressive Disorder Patients and Healthy Controls

The Biological Specificity of Acupoints Between Major Depressive Disorder Patients and Healthy Controls: A Prospective, Assessor-blinded, Comparative Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 184 (actual)
• Sponsor: Xiaomei Shao · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Evidence-based medicine suggests that acupuncture can improve major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the prevalent reliance on experiential acupoint selection lacks scientific underpinning. The investigators conducted a comparative study involving MDD patients and healthy subjects, employing modern techniques to discern biological specificity in MDD-related acupoints. Additionally, the investigators investigated potential correlations between acupoint biological specificity and MDD severity.

Detailed description

A final total of 134 eligible subjects were included. Among them, 50 healthy subjects were assigned to the healthy control (HC) group and 84 MDD participants were assigned to the MDD group.

Conditions

• Major Depressive Disorder

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-10
• Primary completion: 2022-09-30
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2023-11-02
• Last updated: 2024-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China