Electroacupuncture for Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Depression
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100004419
- Lead Sponsor
- Shanghai Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Subjects aged 18-70 years,
2. Subjects who met the diagnostic criteria of depression in DSM-V;
3. Patients with mild to moderate depression, taking antidepressants or not taking antidepressants;
4. 18 < HAMD < 25.
5. The subjects who agreed to participate in the investigation and signed the informed consent.
1. Patients with secondary depressive disorder caused by brain organic diseases, drugs or schizophrenia; Depressive episode of bipolar disorder or depressive syndrome caused by other diseases;
2. Patients with serious suicidal tendency;
3. Patients with alcohol or other substance dependence or abuse;
4. Patients with claustrophobia and metal implantation;
5. Pregnant and lactating women;
6. Subjects who received acupuncture treatment within 6 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression-17 item;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brain fMRI;36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36);Remission rate;Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9);