The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Patients With First Acute Ischemic Stroke, With Signs of Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 2
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- (NIHSS)
研究概览
简要总结
Chinese Acupuncture can improve the motor ability of patients after having first acute ischemic stroke, in time scale up to 3 weeks from when the ischemic stroke occur and in minimum receiving number of 3 Acupuncture treatments.
The accepted treatment on cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is focus on two lines: the first is the treatment when the stroke occurs, and the second is prevention from having more cerebral vascular accident in the future.
In the first accepted treatment line, the only medicinal measure that stand up in critique of organized researches, is Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA), and there is Short and limited time after the CVA occur that it can be used. Also (TPA) can be used only on part of the patients with specific defined criterions.
The aim of this study is to add a new accepted treatment method that appointed to improve the results of acute ischemic stroke by Chinese Acupuncture. The written works on this topic is unambiguously.
详细描述
The number of participant in the clinical trial: approximately 100 patients. 50 patients will receive Chinese Acupuncture and the others 50 will receive sham Acupuncture.
Stages and work method:
The treatments in Acupuncture will occur every week. Each patient will receive minimum 3 Acupuncture/ sham treatments while staying in the neurology department.
1 After the suitable patients selected to be included in the study, with the assistance of statistical software, the acupuncturist will get from each patient approval to be participating in the study.
- The direct physician of all the patients that will be participate in the study will approve the accepted treatment in Acupuncture/ sham and get the patients acceptance by signature.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •All patients with first acute ischemic stroke, with preserved cognitive awareness and with the ability to sign on the research agreement forms.
- •Division for two main groups:
- •Group number 1: will get real Acupuncture
- •Group number 2: will get false Acupuncture- ( SHAM).
- •The patients will be selected with the assistance of statistical software which will divide them randomly and equally by the standard Criteria.
排除标准
- •Patients with understanding dysfunction:
- •Dysphasia, sensory aphasia,
- •Patients with cerebral hemorrhage,
- •pregnant women's, children's, and Patients with lack of judgment ability.
研究组 & 干预措施
1 real Acupuncture group-intervention
real Acupuncture Needles
干预措施: real Acupuncture Needles (Device)
2 sham Acupuncture group
sham Acupuncture Needles
干预措施: sham Acupuncture Needles (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
(NIHSS)
时间窗: 1 week
次要结局
未报告次要终点