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Clinical Trials/KCT0001653
KCT0001653
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Effectiveness and Safety of Electro-acupuncture for the Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Randomized, Patient and Assessor-blinded, Sham-controlled Clinical Trial

Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center0 sites60 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Diseases of the digestive system
Sponsor
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center
Enrollment
60
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional Study
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • (1\) are aged between 19 and 75 years
  • (2\) are diagnosed with GERD (including both erosive reflux disease and non\-erosive reflux disease) within a year
  • (3\) have one or more of following symptoms for a month recently
  • : heartburn, regurgitation, dyspepsia, epigastric pain, belching, nausea, globus (feeling of a lump in the esophagus), dysphagia, cough, hoarseness
  • (4\) have symptoms stated above either with frequency for \=4 days of mild symptom or \= 2 days of moderate to severe symptom during last 7 days (mild: symptoms were easily tolerated, the discomfort was only minimal and did not affect normal activities; moderate: symptoms were sufficient to affect normal activities; severe: symptoms markedly affected normal activities) \[25]
  • (5\) have symptoms stated above despite the experience of standard treatment (pharmacological treatment or lifestyle modification) for GERD during 4 weeks within last one year.
  • (6\) agree with participation in this study and sign a written informed consent voluntarily

Exclusion Criteria

  • (1\) have structural disease, confirmed by esophagogastroduodenoscopy, related current symptoms (ex. gastrointestinal cancer, eosinophilic esophagitis, candida esophagitis, etc.).
  • (2\) have alarm symptoms (severe dysphagia, hematemesis, weight loss, and hematochezia)
  • (3\) have past history of gastrointestinal cancer within 5 years
  • (4\) have received chemotherapy due to cancer within a month
  • (5\) are diagnosed with ischemic heart disease (ex. angina pectoris, myocardial infarction)
  • (6\) have artificial cardiac pacemaker in the chest
  • (7\) experienced hypersensitivity reaction after acupuncture treatment or are not feasible person to take the acupuncture treatment
  • (8\) are taking part in the other clinical trial which might affect the result of this trial or taking Korean medical treatment related GERD; minimum wash\-out period of two weeks is required before participating in the trial
  • (9\) Individuals who have difficulties in attending the trial (e.g serious mental illness, dementia, drug addiction, severe disorder in vision or hearing, illiteracy, and time constraint etc.)
  • (10\) are pregnant or breastfeeding

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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