Investigation of Wet Cupping Therapy on Heavy Metal Levels of Steel Industry Workers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heavy Metal Toxicity
• Interventions: Procedure: Wet cupping therapy

• Registration Number: NCT03693079
• Lead Sponsor: Karabuk University

Brief Summary

This interventional study investigates the efficacy of Wet cupping therapy on heavy metal levels.The levels of the selected heavy metals will be measured in the blood samples obtained from the participants before and after the interventions

Detailed Description

Wet cupping therapy (WCT) is a traditional therapy which was used for centuries especially for detoxifiying purposes.Current literature also points out its blood clarifiying capacity in order to illuminate the underlying mechanism of this ancient treatment.

Steel industry workers, different from the general population are exposed to heavy metals more often.Conducting a study in this special group where we will evaluate the levels of selected heavy metals in blood before and after the three sessions of WCT might let us know its detoxifiying capacity based on measurable parameters.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-03
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-09-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-09-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-30
• Study Completion: 2018-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy individuals
• Iron and Steel industry workers

Exclusion Criteria

• having any chronic disorder
• being on daily medication
• wet cupping application in the last 6 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Wet Cupping	Wet cupping therapy	wet cupping therapy will be applied to all participants

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Levels of the selected heavy metals in venous blood samples before and after the interventions	3 months	the levels of the calculated heavy metals will be in ppm

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Levels of the selected heavy metals in cupping blood samples obtained during the first intervention	1 month	the levels of the calculated heavy metals will be in ppm

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Suleyman Ersoy; 🇹🇷 Safranbolu, Karabuk, Turkey