Study on Acupoint Catgut Embedding Intervention on the Intestinal Flora of Female Patients with Abdominal Obesity
- Conditions
- abdominal obesity
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100005072
- Lead Sponsor
- Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for abdominal obesity;
2. Females, aged from 18 to 40 years;
3. Have a certain writing and reading ability to understand the entire process of research;
4. Signed informed consent forms;
5. No other trials were taken within three months.
1. Extramly obese patients (BMI>=40kg/m2);
2. Secondary obesity, such as obesity caused by endocrine disease (Cushing syndrome, thyroid disease, hypothalamic disease, pituitary disease, gonadal disease, etc.) and medication (glucocorticoid or antipsychotics);
3. Pregnancy, lactation, or who have fertility requirements or are unable to provide adequate contraception within the last 6 months;
4. Mental disorder, cardiovascular disease, liver and kidney impairment, immunodeficiency, diabetes, blood disease;
5. There has been a history of surgery for obesity;
6. Patients with symptoms of gastrointestinal system, such as active peptic ulcers/bleeding, or previous recurrent ulcers/bleeding;
7. Previously undergone major intestinal excision or gastrointestinal major surgery;
8. People who take antibiotics for 3 days or more in the last 3 months;
9. Patients with long-term dysmenorrhea;
10. People who tend to bleed, or who are allergic to alcohol or animal proteins.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Mass Index;Intestinal flora;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method waistline;Visual analogue appetite scale;weight;Gastrointestinal Symptoms Rating Scale;