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| Descriptive Information Fields | |||||
| Brief Title † | Acupunture and Hot Flashes | ||||
| Official Title † | Acupuncture for Hot Flashes: A Randomized Sham -Controlled Clinical Study. | ||||
| Brief Summary | Methods: 103 participants, after being randomized to medical versus sham acupuncture received bi-weekly treatments for 5 weeks, after a baseline assessment week. They were then followed for an additional 7 weeks. Participants completed daily hot flash questionnaires, which formed the basis for analysis. |
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| Detailed Description | |||||
| Study Phase | Phase III | ||||
| Study Type † | Interventional | ||||
| Study Design † | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study | ||||
| Primary Outcome Measure † | Hot Flash Score | ||||
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| Condition † | Hot Flashes | ||||
| Intervention † | Procedure: Acupuncture | ||||
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| Recruitment Status † | Active, not recruiting | ||||
| Enrollment † | 103 | ||||
| Start Date † | January 2004 | ||||
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| Eligibility Criteria † | Participants eligible for this study were females aged 45 to 59 with a reported average of greater than 5 hot flashes a day. |
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| Gender | Female | ||||
| Ages | 45 Years to 59 Years | ||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | Yes | ||||
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| Location Countries † | United States | ||||
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| NCT ID † | NCT00217074 | ||||
| Organization ID | IRB 2294-03 | ||||
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| Study Sponsor † | Mayo Clinic | ||||
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| Information Provided By | Mayo Clinic | ||||
| Verification Date | September 2005 | ||||
| First Received Date † | September 20, 2005 | ||||
| Last Updated Date | September 20, 2005 | ||||
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