The Herbal Acupoint Patch for Dialysis Patient With Fistula-related Pain
CompletedPhase 1, Phase 2NCT07380581
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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)
To evaluate the effect of a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) intervention on pain relief, mood and quality of life (QOL) in hemodialytic patients at a dialysis center in Southern Taiwan.
Study details
- Official title
- The Herbal Acupoint Patch for Improving Pain, Depression, and Quality of Life in Dialysis Patient With Fistula-related Pain: Holistic Study for A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- End Stage Chronic Renal Failure
- Myofacial Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Artemisias-ginger patch (AGP)
- Other: Sham (No Treatment)
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Start date
- 2024-02-15
- Primary completion
- 2025-08-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * maintenance HD \> 6 months , * reporting fistula pain during HD sessions that was associated with a hypersensitive palpable nodule in a taut band, at least 6 times in the past month, * a NRS pain score \>4, * no changes in pain relievers such as NSAIDs, opioids, topical ointments, or muscle relaxants over the past week, * voluntarily agreed to participate in the trial and presented written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * severe comorbid organ dysfunction, * existence of cervical radiculopathy or thoracic outlet syndrome * inflammation of the skin or soft tissue at the fistula site, * dementia, * psychiatric diseases, * allergy to herbal patch * currently participating in other clinical studies
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07380581