Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT06609200
Electro-Acupuncture for Obese Patients With Insulin Resistance
Electro-acupuncture for the Obese Patient With Insulin Resistance: a Randomized Sham-controlled Clinical Trial
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 21 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This clinical trial aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture for obese patients with insulin resistance. 60 participants will be randomized and allocated to either the electro-acupuncture arm or the sham acupuncture arm.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Acupuncture needles | The acupuncture needles and related equipment will have already received approval for routine Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinical practice in Singapore. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-10-10
- Primary completion
- 2026-04-09
- Completion
- 2026-10-09
- First posted
- 2024-09-24
- Last updated
- 2026-04-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Singapore
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06609200. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.