The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Patients With First Acute Ischemic Stroke, With Signs of Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Chinese Acupuncture can improve the motor ability of patients after having first acute ischemic stroke, in time scale up to 3 weeks from when the ischemic stroke occur and in minimum receiving number of 3 Acupuncture treatments. The accepted treatment on cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is focus on two lines: the first is the treatment when the stroke occurs, and the second is prevention from having more cerebral vascular accident in the future. In the first accepted treatment line, the only medicinal measure that stand up in critique of organized researches, is Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA), and there is Short and limited time after the CVA occur that it can be used. Also (TPA) can be used only on part of the patients with specific defined criterions. The aim of this study is to add a new accepted treatment method that appointed to improve the results of acute ischemic stroke by Chinese Acupuncture. The written works on this topic is unambiguously.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable stroke
Started Nov 2015
Typical duration for not_applicable stroke
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
November 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 10, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 23, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 22, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 22, 2017
CompletedApril 8, 2019
April 1, 2019
2 years
November 10, 2015
April 4, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
(NIHSS)
1 week
Study Arms (2)
1 real Acupuncture group-intervention
EXPERIMENTALreal Acupuncture Needles
2 sham Acupuncture group
SHAM COMPARATORsham Acupuncture Needles
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- All patients with first acute ischemic stroke, with preserved cognitive awareness and with the ability to sign on the research agreement forms.
- Division for two main groups:
- Group number 1: will get real Acupuncture
- Group number 2: will get false Acupuncture- ( SHAM).
- The patients will be selected with the assistance of statistical software which will divide them randomly and equally by the standard Criteria.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with understanding dysfunction:
- Dysphasia, sensory aphasia,
- Patients with cerebral hemorrhage,
- pregnant women's, children's, and Patients with lack of judgment ability.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Rambam Medical center, Neurology Department
Haifa, Israel
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 10, 2015
First Posted
November 23, 2015
Study Start
November 1, 2015
Primary Completion
October 22, 2017
Study Completion
October 22, 2017
Last Updated
April 8, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-04