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Efficacy and safety of Catgut Embedding at acupoints in the treatment of abdominal obesity: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
abdominal obesity
Registration Number
ITMCTR1900002737
Lead Sponsor
Acupuncture Department of Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

(1) Body mass index (BMI)>= 25kg/cm2, Male waist circumference >= 90cm,Female waist circumference >= 80cm, Patients diagnosed as simple abdominal obesity;
(2) Age between 20 and 45 years, no gender restriction;
(3) Voluntary participation in this trial and signature of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Pregnant or pregnant women,lactating women,menopausal patients with menstrual disorders.
(2) Patients who have taken various weight-loss drugs or any other weight-loss treatment in the past three months.
(3) Patients with diabetes mellitus, major organic diseases such as heart,brain,liver and kidney,infectious diseases, diseases of the blood system and mental diseases.
(4) According to the judgement of the researcher, other pathological changes that reduce the possibility of enrollment or complicate enrollment, or frequent changes in the working environment are likely to result in lost visits.
(5) Patients participating in other clinical trials at the same time.
(6) allergy to animal protein allergy.
(7) Past acupoint catgut embedding therapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Abdominal circumference;Body mass index;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hipline;
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