The effect of acupuncture on vasomotor rhinitis
- Conditions
- Diseases of th respiratory system
- Registration Number
- KCT0000195
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyung Hee University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
? 8 years of age or older
? 3 months or more continuous nasal symptoms
? Negative results of allergy tests (MAST test, serum IgE)
? normal sinus on X-ray findings
? Eosinophil count within normal range.
? nssal surgery
? nasal polyp
? psychiatric disorders
? drug addiction
? autoimmune disease
? in case of prohibition using acupuncture treatment such as pregnancy or clotting disorders
? participants are ineligible if they have experienced acupuncture treatment or western medical treatment for rhinitis within one month
? taking cold medicine within two weeks prior to registration or taking cold medicine during the trial
? who treat gastritis, gastric ulcer (using H2 blocker antiacid)
? who have plans to participate in another clinical trial during this clinical trials or who participated in another clinical trial within six months
? who are not willing to not comply with this study protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method TNSS (total nasal symptom score)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (MiniRQLQ)