Clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Western medicine in the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: A protocol of a randomized controlled trial
- Registration Number
- TCTR20220817004
- Lead Sponsor
- Rong Guo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending (Not yet recruiting)
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
(1)There are other diseases that may lead to dementia besides Alzheimer 's disease;
(2) Acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (such as unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, stroke, etc.) occurred within 3 months before screening;
(3) There was skin ulceration at acupuncture points;
(4) Refusal or fear of acupuncture;
(5) Those who have participated in or are participating in other clinical trials within the past 1 month;
(1) There are other diseases that may lead to dementia besides Alzheimer 's disease;
(2) Acute cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (such as unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, stroke, etc.) occurred within 3 months before screening;
(3) There was skin ulceration at acupuncture points;
(4) Refusal or fear of acupuncture;
(5) Those who have participated in or are participating in other clinical trials within the past 1 month;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) 24 weeks including five items: orientation; memory; attention and calculation, memory and language ability.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Activities of daily living (ADL) 24 weeks including 6 aspects related to physical self-care and 8 aspects related to the ability to use tools.