Evaluating Acupuncture Points With Scanning Kelvin Probe | NCT01545960

Studies
Evaluating Acupuncture Points With Scanning Kelvin Probe

NCT01545960

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Status

Suspended

Last Update Posted

Mar 7, 2012Estimated

Enrollment

24Estimated

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Healthy Individuals
Acupuncture Points
Electrical Potential

Interventions

not applicable in this study

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

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Mar 2012

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Suspended

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Adjusting minor software glitches

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Aug 2011

Primary Completion Date

Aug 2012Estimated

Completion Date

Aug 2012Estimated

First Submitted Date

Mar 2, 2012

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Mar 2, 2012

First Posted Date

Mar 7, 2012Estimated

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

Mar 2, 2012

Last Update Posted Date

Mar 7, 2012Estimated

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

The purpose of this study is to characterize the surface electrical potential of acupuncture points with a Scanning Kelvin Probe.

Detailed Description

Acupuncture points are anatomical structures described by traditional Chinese medicine. To this day, however, their scientific and Western anatomical characterizations remain unclear. Past studies have suggested that acupuncture points are distinct electrically (increased electrical conductivity). To evaluate this claim, this study uses a Scanning Kelvin Probe to study the electrical potential of three acupuncture points and their respective adjacent controls in 24 healthy individuals. The Scanning Kelvin Probe is a novel device that measures the electrical potential of skin without actually touching the skin surface.

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

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 provided

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

Retention

Enrollment

24Estimated

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
Healthy Volunteers			Other: not applicable in this study

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
not applicable in this study	Other	No actual interventions will be administered for this study.	Healthy Volunteers

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Electrical Potential at Acupuncture points	Scanning Kelvin Probe measurements of electrical potentials at 3 predetermined acupuncture points.	One day

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals without chronic medical condition requiring daily medications (hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc).

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals with autonomic disorders (sweating irregularities), skin disorders, extensive burns/scars on the hand, tremors, neuromuscular conditions, restless leg syndrome, movement disorders, and implanted cardiac defibrillator/pacemaker

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

65 Years

Standard Ages

AdultOlder Adult

Study Population

Healthy volunteers

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Andrew C. Ahn, MD, MPH	Massachusetts General Hospital	Principal Investigator

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Massachusetts General Hospital - Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging		Charlestown	Massachusetts	02129	United States