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UNKNOWN

Acupuncture Therapy Based on Biological Specificity of Acupoints for Major Depressive Disorder

Lead Sponsor:

The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital

The Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital

Conditions:

Major Depressive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Acupoints are the stimulus points and reactive points for acupuncture to treat the diseases. Therefore, this study is designed to detect the biological specificity of acupoints in healthy participants...

Detailed Description

Part 1: This study will include 40 patients with MDD and 40 healthy control participants. Infrared thermography (IRT), laser doppler flowmetry (LDF), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (FNIS), and ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria for health volunteers:
  • Healthy volunteers who could provide a recent depression screening report, and confirm they have not any cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, hematological, endocrine, or neurological disease;
  • 12 ≤ age ≤60 years, male or female;
  • Participants have clear consciousness and could communicate with others normally;
  • Participants could understand the full study protocol and have high adherence. Written informed consent is signed by themselves or their lineal kin (for minor participants, their guardian should sign the informed consent form for them).
  • Inclusion criteria for MDD:
  • Patients should meet the diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition (ICD-10) diagnostic criteria for depression and are evaluated as moderate or severe MDD according to the severity of depression;
  • 12 ≤ age ≤60, male or female;
  • Participants have clear consciousness and could communicate with others normally;
  • Participants could understand the full study protocol and have high adherence. Written informed consent is signed by themselves or their lineal kin (for minor participants, their guardian should sign the informed consent form for them).

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria of health volunteers:
  • Participants with serious primary diseases of cardiovascular diseases, liver diseases, kidney diseases, urinary diseases, and hematological diseases;
  • Participants have a mental illness, alcohol dependence, or a history of drug abuse;
  • Pregnant or lactating participants;
  • Participants are participating in other trials.
  • Exclusion criteria for MDD:
  • Participants with serious primary diseases of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, hematological, endocrine, neurological disease, and other serious primary diseases, and the disease cannot be effectively controlled clinically;
  • Major depressive disorders caused by organic mental disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychoactive substances, and non-addictive substances;
  • Participants with suicidal tendencies;
  • Pregnant or lactating participants;
  • Participants taking other antidepressants that were not SSRIs or the pharmacological effects of such antidepressants have not been cleared;
  • Participants with intellectual disabilities who cannot cooperate with the questionnaire survey;
  • Participants with bleeding tendency, skin disease, allergic constitution, and allergic to adhesive tape;
  • The skin at the test site of participants has scars, hyperpigmentation, red and swollen;
  • Participants are participating in other trials.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05353543

Start Date

May 1 2022

End Date

December 30 2025

Last Update

April 29 2022

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the Third affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical university

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China