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NCT05936905Completed

Acupuncture Therapy VS Chiropractor Group Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Depression.

A Controlled Clinical Trial of Group Acupuncture Therapy VS Chiropractor Group Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Depression in People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWH/A).

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jul 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to determine and compare acupuncture therapy and chiropractor group therapy to reduce anxiety and depression among HIV/AIDS patients at Being Alive, Los Angeles. In this controlled clinical trial, a total of 30 patients will be divided into two groups, 15 in the acupuncture therapy group, 15 in the chiropractor group therapy. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), The Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7- item scales (GAD-7) will be used as screening tools for depressive and anxiety symptoms respectively.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (actual)
First submitted
22 Jun 2023
Start date
6 Dec 2022
Primary completion date
1 Mar 2024
Lead sponsor
Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Diseases
HIV
NCT number
NCT05936905

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 30
  • From 6 Dec 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Mar 2024
  • 1 site 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

  • chiropractic and acupuncture together

Who the study is looking for

  • single intervention only

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Yo San University
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Los AngelesUnited StatesUnknown status

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