Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Dizziness and Vertigo in Emergency Department: a Clinical Control Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dizziness; Vertigo
• Interventions: Procedure: acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT02358239
• Lead Sponsor: Po-Chi Hsu

Brief Summary

Dizziness and vertigo account for roughly 4% of chief symptoms in the emergency department (ED). Pharmacological therapy is often solicited for these symptoms, such as vestibular suppressants, anti-emetics and benzodiazepines. However, every medication is accompanied with unavoidable side-effects. To the best of the investigators knowledge, no papers surveyed assess the feasibility of applying acupuncture as an emergent intervention means to the treatment of dizziness and vertigo. The investigators study targeted on filling in this gap by performing a clinical control trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine - acupuncture - in treating patients with dizziness and vertigo in ED.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-02
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-28
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2015-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Visit emergency department and stay in observation unit.
• Consult otolaryngologist and neurologist to rule in dizziness and giddiness, auditory vertigo, vertebrobasilar artery syndrome, and peripheral vestibular disorders - Ménière's disease, benign paroxymal peripheral vertigo, and vestibular neuritis.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Serious comorbid conditions (for example, life-threatening condition or progressive central disorder).
2. Patients who cannot communicate reliably with the investigator or who are not likely to obey the instructions of the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for dizziness and vertigo	acupuncture	To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating patients with dizziness and vertigo in ED.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of dizziness	after the first 30 minutes after acupuncture