Acupuncture and Laser Acupoint Treatment on Hypertension | NCT00459680

Studies
Acupuncture and Laser Acupoint Treatment on Hypertension

NCT00459680

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status

Unknown status

Last Update Posted

Jan 21, 2010Estimated

Enrollment

30Estimated

Phase

Phase 1

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Laser acupoint treatment
Acupuncture

Countries

United States

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

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Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Oct 2008

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Unknown status

Last Known Status

Recruiting

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Feb 2008

Primary Completion Date

Jan 2009Estimated

Completion Date

Jun 2009Estimated

First Submitted Date

Apr 10, 2007

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Apr 11, 2007

First Posted Date

Apr 12, 2007Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jan 20, 2010

Last Update Posted Date

Jan 21, 2010Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

To determine the effect of acupuncture and laser acupuncture point treatment on hypertensive subjects.

Detailed Description

The specific aims of the study are to test the effectiveness of acupuncture and laser acupoint on hypertension. The hypothesis is: the stimulation of a pattern of acupoints with acupuncture and laser will result in significant reductions in blood pressure. The points that are going to be used for the study are: Zusanli (St36), Tianshu (St25), Quchi (LI11).

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Phase 1

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

30Estimated

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Acupuncture	Experimental		Procedure: Acupuncture
Laser Acupoint	Experimental		Device: Laser acupoint treatment

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Laser acupoint treatment	Device	Laser	Laser Acupoint	Laser

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Blood pressure		Pretreatment then at 2 and 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Male or female over 18 and under 70 years of age with hypertension (blood pressure over 140/90 mmhg).

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals with heart, kidney, thyroid disorders, diabetes, chronic disease or illness, neurological diseases, skin or bleeding disorders, and currently taking drugs or medications will not be recruited in the study. A health history questionnaire will be used to screen the subjects.

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

70 Years

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
John Zhang, MD. PhD	Logan College of Chiropractic	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Logan College of Chiropractic	Recruiting	Chesterfield	Missouri	63017	United States

Condition Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D006973	Hypertension

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D014652	Vascular Diseases
D002318	Cardiovascular Diseases

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Browse Branches

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Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D007834	Lasers
D015670	Acupuncture Therapy

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D055096	Optical Devices
D004864	Equipment and Supplies
D055618	Radiation Equipment and Supplies
D000529	Complementary Therapies

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