Effect of acupuncture on fMRI and Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) in postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Postherpetic neuralgia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN83626912
• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (China)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-10-27
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age greater than 60 years
2. Weighs over 40kg
3. History of pain is longer than 3 months
4. Pain on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) >3 (0-10 VAS scale), with acute pain flares that occurred more than 3 times per day
5. Refractory to formal treatment such as antiepileptic medicine, antidepressants, opioids, physical treatments and epidural block
6. No history of severe liver and renal diseases
7. PHN patents whose pain area was at T1-12 level
8. Male and female participants

Exclusion Criteria

1. Withdraws from the study
2. Poor effect, intolerant to the study
3. Uncooperative and unable to finish the self evaluation (VAS, QOL and SF-36)
4. Coagulation disturbances
5. Allergies to drug
6. Malignancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified