Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Acupuncture as a Treatment in Patients Diagnosed With CFS.
Unknown statusPhase 2, Phase 3NCT01907711
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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)
background: The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) presents many disturbances multidimensional affect holistically to people who have the disease and current management of fatigue, pain, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances present in this clinical entity is unsatisfactory. Hypothesis: The hypothesis of this essay is to contrast that acupuncture is more useful than placebo. The investigators suggest the use of a clinical study protocol (PEC), randomized, placebo-controlled, acupuncture technique, aimed at increasing the patient's sense of well-being, relief of pain and stiffness, acupuncture is effective to reduce fatigue, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders in patients diagnosed with CFS.
Study details
- Official title
- Clinical Trial, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel, to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Acupuncture as a Treatment in Patients Diagnosed With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
- Muscular Diseases.
- Cognitive Impairment
- Sleep Disturbances
- Pain.
- Interventions
- Device: Acupuncture.
- Sponsor
- Hospital Vall d'Hebron
- Start date
- 2013-02
- Primary completion
- 2014-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must meet each of the following criteria for admission to the study: * Patients of both sexes. * Aged between 18 and 70 years. * Patients diagnosed as having chronic fatigue syndrome according to the diagnostic criteria Fukuda. * Patients who have previously given their informed consent for participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * -Patients who have had prior treatment with acupuncture. * Pregnant or lactating. * Women of childbearing potential not using an effective contraceptive method according to medical criteria. * Terminal clinical condition. * History of allergy and / or hypersensitivity to the acupuncture needles. * Patients who are on anticoagulant therapy. * Use of investigational agents or not registered in the 30 days prior to study entry. * Patients who are participating in another clinical trial of the same or different nature in the last 30 days prior to inclusion. * Any individual who, in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to follow instructions or make a good filling of the therapeutic regimen. * Subjects who do not grant written consent to participate in the study. * Labor litigation for reasons of participation in the clinical trial of CFS.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01907711