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To determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for obesity and overweight people in China.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Blank control group | No Intervention | A control group of patients is put on a waiting list for no intervention and remaining unchanged lifestyle. | |
| intervention group | Active Comparator | An intervention group of patients is put on a waiting list for acupuncture treatment. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| acupuncture | Device | Zhong-wan (RN12), Liang-men (ST21), Shui-fen (RN9) and Qi-hai (RN6) and bilateral acupuncture points Dai-mai (GB26), Tian-shu (ST25), Zu-sanli (ST36), Feng-long(ST40) and Liang-qiu(ST34) will be applied through the skin by acupuncture for 30 minutes every time. Electro-acupuncture apparatus will be connected to both Dai-mai, Zu-sanli and Feng-long, Zhong-wan and Qi-hai for 30 minutes with interrupted waves (2/100HZ). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| body mass index(BMI) | 2 month after treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) | 2 month after treatment | |
| Blood sugar | 2 month after treatment | |
| Total cholesterol |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Xie Ning, PhD | Contact | 086 045182111401 | xiening2014@163.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sun Zhongren | First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang Chinese Medicine University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine | Recruiting | Harbin | Heilongjiang | 150040 | China |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009765 | Obesity |
| D050177 | Overweight |
| ID | Term |
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| D044343 | Overnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D001835 | Body Weight |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| 2 month after treatment |
| Triglycerides | 2 month after treatment |
| High-density lipoprotein cholesterol | 2 month after treatment |
| Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol | 2 month after treatment |
| D012816 |
| Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |