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| Sponsor: | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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| Information provided by (Responsible Party): | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01152632 |
Purpose
Selecting acupoints along meridians is the predominant principle in acupuncture treatment, and it is also considered to ensure acupuncture efficacy. This experiment is to investigate whether specific brain networks gradually come in formation in accordance with this kind of acupoint selection methods.
| Condition | Intervention |
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Migraine |
Other: manual acupuncture |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
| Official Title: | Acupuncture Treatment for Migraine: a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 100 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2010 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2013 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: specific points of Bladder meridian and Shanjiao meridian
In traditional Chinese acupuncture theory, Bladder meridian and Shanjiao meridian have been considered as the main pathological meridian location of migraine. Meanwhile, specific points on both meridians have been used widely in its treatment for a long time.
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Other: manual acupuncture
thirty minutes duration every time, five times per week for one course, a total four courses
Other Name: acupuncture
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Experimental: non-specific points of Bladder meridian and Shanjiao meridian
Non-specific points of Shaoyang meridians are also used in cure of migraine. It is conventionally thought to be less effective using non-specific points than specific ones.
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Other: manual acupuncture
thirty minutes duration every time, five times per week for one course, a total four courses
Other Name: acupuncture
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Active Comparator: specific points of Stomach meridian
Specific points of Stomache meridian for migraine were searched in Chinese ancient data. And this group is set to compare with specific points of Shaoyang meridians for their possible different brain networks.
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Other: manual acupuncture
thirty minutes duration every time, five times per week for one course, a total four courses
Other Name: acupuncture
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Placebo Comparator: non-acupoints
Three non-acupoints were chosen,two of which were located on the arm and one one the leg.
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Other: manual acupuncture
thirty minutes duration every time, five times per week for one course, a total four courses
Other Name: acupuncture
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| No Intervention: waiting list |
Every participants in the four intervention groups will go through functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) scan four times: the 1st scan will be performed at their baselines; the 2nd scan will be done after 2 courses (10 times) acupuncture treatment; the 3rd scan will be performed when the 4 courses end; the 4th scan will be operated after three-month enrollment.
Volunteers in waiting list group will undergo the above scans at the same time points in exception of acupuncture treatment.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 17 Years to 45 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Fanrong Liang, Master | +86-13982253186 | 13982253186@139.com |
| China, Sichuan | |
| Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Recruiting |
| Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610075 | |
| Contact: Fanrong Liang 13982253186@139.com | |
| Study Chair: | Fanrong Liang, Master | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
More Information
| Responsible Party: | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01152632 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 30930112/C190301 |
| Study First Received: | June 27, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | February 23, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | China: National Natural Science Foundation |
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acupuncture migraine specific acupoints brain network |
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Migraine Disorders Headache Disorders, Primary Headache Disorders |
Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |
