200
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2015
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2015
Verum acupuncture
100 patients receive verum acupuncture treatment once every other day,choosing Dazhui(GV14), Fengmen(BL12), Feishu(BL13), needles retention for 30 minutes and no moxibustion or electrical stimulation. Patients receive verum acupuncture once every other day with a total of 20 sessions in 6 weeks. The needle brand is Hwato®™ Sterile Acupuncture Needles for Single Use.
Sham acupuncture
100 patients receive sham acupuncture treatment once every other day, choosing Jinsuo(DU08), Ganshu(BL18), Danshu(BL19), needles retention for 30 minutes and no moxibustion or electrical stimulation. Patients receive sham acupuncture once every other day with a total of 20 sessions in 6 weeks. The needle brand is Hwato®™ Sterile Acupuncture Needles for Single Use.
Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai
Shanghai research institute of acupuncture and meridian，Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai
Shanghai Dachang hospital, Shanghai
Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha
No.3 hospital of Henan college of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital, Zhengzhou
Kaifeng Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital, Kaifeng
University Hospital of Gansu Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou
Longhua Hospital, Shanghai
Shanghai TCM Integrated hospital, Shanghai
Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai
Wenzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wenzhou
Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau
OTHER_GOV
National Natural Science Foundation of China
OTHER_GOV
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
OTHER