NCT00932139Recruiting
Effect of Electro-Acupuncture on Blood Pressure
Neural Mechanism of the Effect of Acupuncture on Hypertension
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Based on previous published research in animals and human, the investigators hypothesize that electroacupuncture (EA) will have a positive effect on hypertension.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 160 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 Jul 2009
- Start date
- Feb 2003
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT00932139
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 160
- From Feb 2003 to the primary completion date, Sept 2027
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Individuals with severe coronary disease (continuous angina)
- Cardiac arrhythmias associated with low blood pressure (90 mmHg)
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Orthopedic disease
- Diabetic or psychological illness that could interfere with safe performance of exercise of psychophysiological stress testing
Other
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Conduction abnormalities on ECG consistent with left bundle branch block
- Those with known sensitivity to topical preparations or strong reactions to medical dressings and skin tapes
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with mild coronary disease, and no significant ECG change reflecting ischemia at rest.
- Patients with high blood pressure with or without antihypertensive medication.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Irvine | United States | Recruiting |
| UCIMedical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orange | United States | Recruiting |
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