NCT07380581CompletedPhase 1/2
The Herbal Acupoint Patch for Dialysis Patient With Fistula-related Pain
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
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1/2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 21 (actual)
- First submitted
- 16 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 15 Feb 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- NCT number
- NCT07380581
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
- Participants enrolled: 21
- From 15 Feb 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2025
- 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 illness
- 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
Other
- severe comorbid organ dysfunction,
- currently participating in other clinical studies
Who the study is looking for
- 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.
Age in the registry: 20 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Kaohsiung branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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