Acupuncture and Moxa: A Randomized Clinical Trial for Chronic Diarrhea in HIV Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00010491 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: February 5, 2001
Last Update Posted
: March 7, 2008
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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HIV Infections | Procedure: Acupuncture Procedure: Moxibustion | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Acupuncture and Moxa: A Randomized Clinical Trial for Chronic Diarrhea in HIV Patients |
Study Start Date : | September 1999 |
Study Completion Date : | August 2003 |

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV seropositive experiencing non-pathogen related diarrhea 3 or more times per 24 hours for a period of 3 weeks or more.
- Able to speak and read English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant women

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00010491
United States, New York | |
Columbia University | |
New York, New York, United States |
Principal Investigator: | Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD,RN,LAc | School of Nursing |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00010491 History of Changes |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00009074 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
R01 AT000146-01M R01AT000146-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) R01AT000146-02 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | February 5, 2001 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 7, 2008 |
Last Verified: | March 2008 |
Keywords provided by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH):
Diarrhea complementary therapies |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Diarrhea Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Signs and Symptoms |