Effectiveness of Acupuncture treatment on Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms
- 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
*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
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
Name Time Method Scoring Atopic Dermatitis(SCORAD) Index
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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)