Status:
COMPLETED
Treatment of Functional Dyspepsia With Acupuncture
Lead Sponsor:
National University Hospital, Singapore
Conditions:
Functional Dyspepsia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common chronic gastrointestinal disorders affecting humans. Existing therapies for FD are still far from satisfactory and new therapies are constantly bein...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- \- female and male patients with functional dyspepsia between the ages of ≥18 and ≤70 years. FD will be diagnosed according to the Rome-III criteria. Onset of FD symptoms should begin at least 6 months before clinical presentation and must be fulfilled for the last 3 months and his or her FD symptoms score must be of at least moderate severity.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Subjects unable to give informed consent
- Pregnant or breast-feeding females or women who get pregnant midway
- Subjects who have received acupuncture treatment before
- Subjects who have had a previous gastrointestinal surgery except appendectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Any significant past or concurrent disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may either put subject at risk in the study, influence the results of the study or influence subject's ability to participate in the study
- Maintenance treatment with PPIs (proton pump inhibitors) and H2RAs (H2-receptor antagonists) continuously (every day) in the last 6 months prior to entry into the study
- Treatment with PPIs and H2RAs, prokinetics, antibiotics, prostaglandins or bismuth-containing compounds during the last 2 weeks prior to entry into the study
- H. pylori eradication treatment within the past 12 months before study start
- H. pylori positive patients
- Patients with bleeding diathesis
- Known or suspected hypersensitivity to acupuncture.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00786214
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
June 21 2013
Active Locations (1)
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National University Hospital
Singapore, Singapore, 119074