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effect of acupuncture in inflammatory bowel disease

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Condition 1: crohn's disease. Condition 2: ulcerative colitis.
Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]
Ulcerative colitis
Registration Number
IRCT20231009059671N1
Lead Sponsor
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
56
Inclusion Criteria

Patients diagnosed with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis who have been diagnosed for at least 6 months and are classified as mild to moderate according to the criteria of Crohn's disease activity index between 150 and 450 or simple clinical colitis activity index between 3 and 11
Consistency of drugs used in the last two months
Sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

disease or skin lesion at the location of acupuncture points
using adalimumab
history of abdominal surgery in the last 6 months
serious systemic disease
using anticoagulant or thrombolytic drugs
history of skin allergy and needle or metal allergy
known psychiatric illness
severe extraintestinal complications related to inflammatory bowel disease such as severe skin problems or thromboembolic problems
fistula, abscess, intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation
history of acupuncture
pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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