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Effectiveness of Acupuncture treatment on Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms

Not Applicable
Conditions
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Registration Number
KCT0002796
Lead Sponsor
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria

*Participants who meet all of the following criteria will be included:
A. Men and women aged 19 to 64
B. Patients with atopic dermatitis diagnosed according to Hanifin & Rajka criteria
C. Patients who were between 30 points and 80 points on the 100mm Pruritus Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
D. Objective SCORAD scores between 10 and 40 points
E. Patients who have not taken prescribed medicines related to Atopic dermatitis for the past month
F. Understanding the purpose of this study and agreeing to participate
G. Patients who have not participated in other clinical studies for the past month

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded:
A. Severely fluctuating Atopic Dermatitis symptoms
B. patients who receive other treatments(e.g. oral steroids) that may affect Atopic dermatitis or that research doctor thought to be inappropriate
C. Patients with secondary infection at lesions of atopic dermatitis
D. Patients with severe mental illness symptoms
E. Pregnant women or those with a pregnancy plan during the study period or those who are lactating.
F. Patients with a medical history that the Korean medicine doctor considers to be inadequate.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Scoring Atopic Dermatitis(SCORAD) Index
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Eczema Area Severity Index(EASI);Patient Oriented Eczema Measure(POEM);Dermatology Life Quality Index(DLQI);Abdominal examination using Pressure Pain Threshold algometer(PPT);Nepean Dyspepsia Index-Korean version(NDI-K);Adequate Relief of Functional dyspepsia pain and discomfort;Visual Analog Scale about Dyspepsia symptoms;Credibility Test;Blinding Test;Electroencephalogram(EEG)
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