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  • 标题:Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic asthma: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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  • 作者:Lei-Miao Yin ; Yu Wang ; Lei Fan
  • 期刊名称:Trials
  • 印刷版ISSN:1745-6215
  • 电子版ISSN:1745-6215
  • 出版年度:2015
  • 卷号:16
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:424
  • DOI:10.1186/s13063-015-0947-z
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:

    Background

    Although asthma symptoms can be temporarily controlled, it is recommended to use effective low-risk, non-drug strategies to constitute a significant advance in asthma management. Acupuncture has been traditionally used to treat asthma; however, the evidence for the efficacy of this treatment is still lacking. Previous clinical trials of acupuncture in treating asthma were limited by methodological defects; therefore, high-quality research is required.

    Methods/Design

    This trial is designed as a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group controlled trial. Patients with mild to moderate asthma will be randomly allocated to either a verum acupuncture plus as-needed salbutamol aerosol and/or prednisone tablets group or a sham acupuncture plus as-needed salbutamol aerosol and/or prednisone tablets group. Acupoints used in the verum acupuncture group are GV14 (Da Zhui), BL12 (Feng Men), BL13 (Fei Shu) and acupoints used in the sham acupuncture group are DU08 (Jin Suo), BL18 (Gan Shu), BL19 (Dan Shu). After a baseline period of 1 week, the patients in both groups will receive verum/sham acupuncture once every other day with a total of 20 treatment sessions in 6 weeks and a 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome will be measured by using the asthma control test and the secondary outcomes will be measured by using the percentage of symptom-free days, the average dosage of salbutamol aerosol and/or prednisone tablets, lung functions, daily asthma symptom scores, asthma quality of life questionnaire, and so on.

    Discussion

    This trial will assess the effect of acupuncture on asthma and aims to provide reliable clinical evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture in treating asthma.

    Trial registration

    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01931696 , registered on 26 August 2013

  • 关键词:Acupuncture; Chronic asthma; Efficacy; RCT; Study protocol
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