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Acute Effects of Acu-Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Acu-TENS) on Forced Expiratory Flow Volume in One Second (FEV1) and Blood β-Endorphin Level in Subjects With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00922051

Sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Jun 17, 2009Estimated

Enrollment

44Actual

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Interventions

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Countries

China

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

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jun 2009

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Mar 2008

Primary Completion Date

Sep 2008Actual

Completion Date

Sep 2008Actual

First Submitted Date

Jun 16, 2009

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Jun 16, 2009

First Posted Date

Jun 17, 2009Estimated

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

Jun 16, 2009

Last Update Posted Date

Jun 17, 2009Estimated

Description Module

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Acu-TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation applied on acupoints) on lung functions, dyspnoeic symptoms and its association with beta endorphin level in subjects with COPD.

Detailed Description

Not provided

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

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

44Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Group 1	Experimental	Application of Acu-TENS	Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Group 2	Placebo Comparator		Device: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)	Device		Group 1
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Forced expiratory flow volume in one second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC)		measured before and after intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Beta endorphin		before and after intervention

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

clinical diagnosis with COPD

Exclusion Criteria:

allergic to gel
unable to perform spirometry
unable to communicate

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

45 Years

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Alice Jones, PhD, FACP	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
West China Hospital		Chengdu	Sichuan		China

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Jul 10, 2026

Removed Countries

Not provided

Submission Tracking

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Condition Browse Module

MeSH Terms

Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D008173	Lung Diseases, Obstructive
D008171	Lung Diseases
D012140	Respiratory Tract Diseases
D002908	Chronic Disease
D020969	Disease Attributes
D010335	Pathologic Processes
D013568	Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

ID	Term
D004599	Electric Stimulation Therapy
D013812	Therapeutics
D026741	Physical Therapy Modalities
D012046	Rehabilitation
D000698	Analgesia
D000760	Anesthesia and Analgesia