Effect of Electro-Acupuncture on Blood Pressure

Part of paid clinical trials in Irvine, California.

Sponsor
University of California, Irvine
Study ID
NCT00932139
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 85 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Electro-acupuncture control — PROCEDURE
    First visit, blood pressure monitoring for 60 minutes at rest, then monitoring for subsequent 24 hours to measure BP and heart rate. At next 6-8 visits, Electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment for 30 minutes will be administered. BP and heart rate measurements will be taken 30 minutes before and after EA.
  • Electro-acupuncture test — PROCEDURE
    First visit, blood pressure monitoring for 60 minutes at rest, then monitoring for subsequent 24 hours to measure BP and heart rate. At next 6-8 visits, Electro-acupuncture (EA) treatment for 30 minutes will be administered. BP and heart rate measurements will be taken 30 minutes before and after EA. At end of 8-week treatment, 24 hours blood pressure and heart rate will be measured.

Study Details

Based on previous published research in animals and human, the investigators hypothesize that electroacupuncture (EA) will have a positive effect on hypertension.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 28, 2003
Status verified
Apr 2025
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2027
Completion
Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Electro-acupuncture control
    Blood pressure will be recorded before and after each EA treatment for 8 weeks. The course is a once a week 8-week treatment. Intervention is the Electro-acupuncture control treatment.
  • Experimental: Electro-acupuncture test
    Blood pressure will be recorded before and after each EA treatment for 8 weeks. The course is a once a week 8-week treatment. Intervention is the active Electro-acupuncture treatment.

Primary Outcome Measure

blood pressure [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Susan Samueli Integrative Health InstituteIrvineCalifornia92617
Mitchell Beasley, MD, PhD, MPH
[email protected]
949-824-7000
Shaista Malik, PhD
[email protected]
949-824-7000
LiFang Xie, PhD, LAc (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Shaista Malik, MD, PhD, MPH (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Stephanie Tjen-A-Looi, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
UCIMedical CenterOrangeCalifornia92868
Shaista Malik, MD, PhD, MPH
[email protected]

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