The Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to the Patient With Dizziness in Emergency Department
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sponsor
- Changhua Christian Hospital
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of dizziness
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study is aimed in patients with persistent dizziness as the chief complaint that is treated with acupuncture or/and far-infrared heat-patch attachment intervention over the acupoints for the purpose of dizziness symptoms treatment. The research hypothesis is that the treatment over acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine is effective in treating symptoms of dizziness.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with age between 20 to 80-year-old who can cooperate to the whole treatment, testing and questionnaire.
- •The chief complaint is dizziness which diagnosed by the doctor in charge of the emergency department, in together to exclude the patients with severe unstable vital signs, and then consult for help with Chinese medicine.
- •Sign the clinical trial agreement sheet.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Inacceptable to the research content
- •Unable to complete the study process
- •Unwilling to cooperate with acupuncture and other treatments
- •Abnormal blood clotting profile
- •With wound or allergy over the treated acupoint
- •Unstable vital sign
- •Post major trauma
Arms & Interventions
Acupuncture
Acupuncture over acupoints.
Intervention: Acupuncture (Other)
Far-Infrared
Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Intervention: Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment (Other)
Combination of Acupuncture and Far-Infrared
Acupuncture and Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints.
Intervention: Acupuncture and Fir-Infrared heat-patch attachment (Other)
Placebo (no Acupuncture nor Far-Infrared)
Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints without electric current passing.
Intervention: Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment over acupoints without electric current passing. (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of dizziness
Time Frame: 20 minutes
acupoints intervention of acupuncture or/and Far-Infrared heat-patch attachment
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported