Efficacy and Safety Study of Electroacupuncture for Simple Female Stress Urinary incontinence-a Multicenter Trial

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

504

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2014

Conditions
Urinary Stress Incontinence
Interventions
DEVICE

electroacupuncture group

Procedure: electro-acupuncture;Points: Bilateral Zhongliao (BL33) Huiyang(BL35).Specially-made pad is stick on pierced acupoints. Bilateral BL33 are given acupuncture of 50~60mm with 30~45°angle to inward and downward by 75mm filiform needle. Bilateral BL35 are given acupuncture of 50~60mm to outward and upward by 75mm filiform needle. Twirl, lift and thrust for 3 times, until local sour and heavy feeling coming.The electric stimulator is applied to bilateral BL33 and BL35, with continuous wave,50 Hz and electric current 1- 5mA.Every session lasts for 30 min per day.The participants are treated continuously for 6 weeks for 3 sessions a week, 18 sessions for each patient in all. The treatment is designed based on recent literature research in 10 years, former result and expert consensus.

DEVICE

sham electroacupuncture group

Procedure: sham electroacupuncture;Points: Bilateral sham Zhongliao (BL33) sham Huiyang(BL35).Specially-made pad is stick on pierced acupoints. Both sham BL33 and BL35 are given non-penetrating needling with blunt needle. Twirl, lift and thrust for 3 times. The sham electric stimulator is applied to bilateral sham BL33 and sham BL35. The mental wire has been cut off with a same outlook as the treatment group. The electric stimulator is looked normal but with no current output. Length of Treatment and the treatment sessions are the same as treatment group.

Trial Locations (1)

100700

China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

OTHER_GOV

lead

Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

OTHER

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