Doppler Ultrasound-Guided Angiopuncture for Dysmenorrhea Pain: A Clinical Trial

NCT07176910 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: 1119239056
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

the study is to evaluated dopplar guided angiopuncture efficacy and safety in patients with dysmenorrhea

Conditions

Angiopuncture; Dysmenorrhea; Dopplar Ultrasound

Keywords

Dysmenorrhea; angiopuncture; dopplar; ultrasound

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• visual analog scale

  to measure pain score before and after angiopuncture

  pre-treatment, immediate post-treatment, check up 1, check up 2, check up 3 (3 check ups lasts for 3 months post therapy, with each for 1 month)

Study Arms (1)

angiopuncture treated group

EXPERIMENTAL

conduct angiopuncture therapy

Other: conduct angiopuncture on perforator points

Interventions

conduct angiopuncture on perforator points OTHER

conducted angiopuncutre on patients of intervention group, and compare those patients pain scores before and after angiopuncture therapy.

angiopuncture treated group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Since we studied dysmenorrhea, we recuited nmarried nulliparous women.
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Primary dysmenorrhea diagnosis (≥6 months of menstrual pain scoring ≥2 on numerical rating scale) Regular menstrual cycles (28-32 days), menstrual period lasts 4 to 7 days No pelvic pathology on transvaginal ultrasound.

You may not qualify if:

• coagulopathy (INR \>1.5) recent analgesic use (48-hour washout) secondary dysmenorrhea confirmed by laparoscopy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• City University of Hong Kong: lead
• The Third Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The Third Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine

Changchun, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dysmenorrhea

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Menstruation Disturbances; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pelvic Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Jinlian HU, PhD

  City University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Rong HAN, PhD student

CONTACT

+852 61448549; ronghan5-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Yuenkei LEE, Mphil

CONTACT

34422244; yuenkli@cityu.edu.hk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD student

Model Details: unmarried nulliparous women (aged 18-25 years old) with dysmenorrhea diagnosis

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2025
• First Posted: September 16, 2025
• Study Start: September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2025
• Study Completion: November 1, 2025
• Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)