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The Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to the Patient With Dizziness in Emergency Department
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The study is aimed in patients with persistent dizziness as the chief complaint that is treated with acupuncture or/and far-infrared heat-patch attachment intervention over the acupoints for the purpose of dizziness symptoms treatment. The research hypothesis is that the treatment over acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating symptoms of dizziness.
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Started Dec 2020
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 1, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 4, 2020
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 3, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 3, 2021
CompletedAugust 9, 2021
August 1, 2021
8 months
June 1, 2020
August 3, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of dizziness
acupoints intervention of acupuncture or/and Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment
20 minutes
Study Arms (4)
Acupuncture
EXPERIMENTALAcupuncture over acupoints.
Far-Infrared
EXPERIMENTALFar-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Combination of Acupuncture and Far-Infrared
EXPERIMENTALAcupuncture and Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Placebo (no Acupuncture nor Far-Infrared)
PLACEBO COMPARATORFar-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints without electric current passing.
Interventions
Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Acupuncture and Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints without electric current passing.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients with age between 20 to 80-year-old who can cooperate to the whole treatment, testing and questionnaire.
- The chief complaint is dizziness which diagnosed by the doctor in charge of the emergency department, in together to exclude the patients with severe unstable vital signs, and then consult for help with Chinese medicine.
- Sign the clinical trial agreement sheet.
You may not qualify if:
- Inacceptable to the research content
- Unable to complete the study process
- Unwilling to cooperate with acupuncture and other treatments
- Abnormal blood clotting profile
- With wound or allergy over the treated acupoint
- Unstable vital sign
- Post major trauma
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 1, 2020
First Posted
June 4, 2020
Study Start
December 1, 2020
Primary Completion
August 3, 2021
Study Completion
August 3, 2021
Last Updated
August 9, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-08