The effects of acupuncture on the muscle cramps of liver cirrhosis patients
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0001570
- Lead Sponsor
- Comprehensive and Integrative Medical Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
* Inclusion criteria were as follows: participants
1. complain of muscle cramps was diagnosed of cirrhosis and the frequency of true cramps was at least once a week regardless of part of cramps
2. serum bilirubin lever 3 mg/dL or lower
3. serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 100 IU/L or lower
4. serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL or lower
5. international normalized ratio (INR) 1.5 or lower.
6. age 18 years or over and provided written informed consent, voluntarily
7. who able to follow-up for the duration of the study,
8. accord with the washout criteria (muscle cramps induce or inhibit drugs a week administered limit) and agreed to keep the restriction rule during the study.
* Exclusion criteria were as follows: participants
1. have disease associated with muscle cramps, such as diabetes mellitus, vascular occlusive disease, peripheral neuropathy, phlebitis syndrome and thyroid disease
2. neutropenia ( absolute neutrophill count 500/? or less)
3. moderate or severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count 50,000/?less)
4. worsening liver cancer symptom such as fever, aggravationof liver function, abdominal aortic aneurysms, venous thrombosis
5. inappropriate in this study confirmed by researchers
6. childbearing age (Urine HGC positive).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The self-report of muscle cramps questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Safety