Immediate analgesic effects of cheek acupuncture for acute gouty arthritis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial
- Conditions
- acute gouty arthritis
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100005411
- Lead Sponsor
- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
? Meet the diagnostic criteria for acute gouty arthritis and with attacks in the unilateral ankle or first metatarsophalangeal joint;
? Age =18 years old and =75 years old, regardless of gender;
? The gouty arthritis attack is within 48h;
? Without therapy with targeted topical treatment or self-administered medications including colchicine, anti-inflammatory pain medications, hormones, herbs, etc.
Agreement to comply with the clinician's treatment plan.
? Pregnant or breast-feeding
? Patients with malignant tumors, severe dysfunction of the heart, liver, and kidneys, diabetes mellitus and hypertension
? Mental disorders that render the patient unable to understand the nature of the study, its scope, and possible outcomes or unable to follow the doctor's advice
? Allergic to the components of the drug in this study
? Patients with active peptic ulcers/bleeding, or previous recurrent ulcers/bleeding.
? History of asthma, urticaria or allergic reactions induced by taking aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
? Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] cardiac function class II-IV)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual Analogue Scoring;Patient feedback on this treatment;mobility impairment;joint tenderness;Immediate pain relief;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method