Acupuncture for Pain Management of Hemodialysis Patients
TerminatedNot applicableNCT01102816
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for pain management in hemodialysis patients.
Study details
- Official title
- Acupuncture for Pain Management of Hemodialysis Patients: a Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study
- Conditions
- End-stage Renal Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Interventions
- Other: Individualized acupuncture treatment
- Other: Routine care
- Sponsor
- Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
- Start date
- 2010-05
- Primary completion
- 2011-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 19 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- South Korea
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * started hemodialysis at least 3 months ago * receiving hemodialysis 3 times a week regularly * equilibrated Kt/V ≥ 1.2 * pain occurred at least 3 months ago * MYMOP2 symptom 1 score ≥ 3 * willingness to participate in this study Exclusion Criteria: * acute/chronic liver disease * events of life-threatening cardiovascular disease within 6 months * events of life-threatening neurological disorder within 6 months * current/past history of neoplasm (in past 5 years) * hemorrhagic disorder * drug abuse/alcoholism * other infectious disease * history of the use of acupuncture, moxibustion or herbs within 1 month
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01102816