Exploring the Effect of Combined Chinese and Western Treatment on Home Medical Care

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Other: acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT03600220
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei City Hospital

Brief Summary

combine antihypertensive drugs and acupuncture to isolated systolic hypertension elderly patients at home

Detailed Description

The investigators would like to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture and drug therapy on blood pressure.

The investigators chose acupuncture point according the Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, besides, each patient was using 1-3 antihypertensive drug of a heterogeneous pharmacological group ranging from angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor), diuretics, and beta blockers.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-06
• Study Start: 2018-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-24
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-26
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-01
• Study Completion: 2019-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. patient with isolated blood pressure diagnosis by physicians and BP >140/<90 mmHg
2. patient took the drug to control blood pressure for more than one year
3. age>65 years old
4. Willing to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Suspected acute stroke
2. chest pain or dyspnea
3. ingestion of short-acting antihypertensive medication within 2 h prior to the beginning of the study
4. body temperature >37.5∘C(99.5∘F)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
drug combine acupuncture	acupuncture	routine drug use combine acupuncture twice a week for 3 months

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
blood pressure	change from Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure at 3 months	measure blood pressure after the treatment compare the initial blood pressure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate variability	use ANS watch to monitor patient's condition at Baseline, 1.5 month, and three month later	use autonomic nervous system (ANS) watch to monitor patient's heart rate variability, Low Frequency/High Frequency ratio
Traditional Chinese Medicine constitution	use the questionnaire at Baseline, 1.5 month, and three month later	use The Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taipei City Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan