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Clinical study of combination therapy with high-dose moxibustion for herpes zoster/postherpetic neuralgia

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Herpes zoster, postherpetic neuralgia
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100005221
Lead Sponsor
Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

1. Those who meet the diagnostic criteria of traditional Chinese and Western medicine for herpes zoster;
2. Aged 18-70 years, no gender limit;
3. Visual analog scale (VAS) score >= 4 points before treatment, and no relevant treatment within one week before enrollment;
4. Herpes occurs on the body and limbs;
5. Those who voluntarily participated in this study and signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant patients;
2. Patients who are unable to express their own symptoms voluntarily, or have disorders of consciousness, coagulation disorders, and sensory disorders;
3. Allergic constitution or allergic to acupuncture;
4. Patients with serious primary diseases;
5. Progressive malignant tumor or other serious wasting disease, easy to be complicated by infection and bleeding;
6. Those with other diseases that cause pain;
7. Those who are participating in other clinical trials recently.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual analogue scale;Prevalence of postherpetic neuralgia;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-rating anxiety scale;Health-related quality of life assessment;Pittsburgh sleep quality index;Shingles transient pain scale;Self-rating depression scale;
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