NCT07887386Not yet recruiting
Manual Acupuncture for Intradialytic Fatigue in CKD Patients
The Role of Manual Acupuncture in Intradialytic Fatigue Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Routine Hemodialysis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate the immediate effects of acupuncture therapy at three specific acupuncture points (PC6, ST36, and KI3) on intradialytic fatigue in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing regular hemodialysis. The outcome will be assessed using the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) before treatment and two hours after completion of hemodialysis.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 19 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 14 Oct 2026
- Start date
- Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- NCT number
- NCT07887386
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 19
- From Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 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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Prior treatment
- Participants with a history of hypersensitivity reactions to previous acupuncture therapy, including stainless steel allergy, atopy, keloid formation, or other hypersensitivity reactions.
- Participants receiving cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or psychiatric medications within two weeks prior to the study.
Other illness
- Participants with malignancies or infected wounds at the acupuncture points targeted for intervention.
- Participants with primary skin diseases, such as allergic dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, neurodermatitis, and psoriasis.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with chronic kidney disease experiencing intradialytic fatigue who are undergoing routine hemodialysis twice weekly for at least 6 months and are hemodynamically stable (blood pressure ≥90/60 mmHg and heart rate of 60-100 beats/minute).
- Participants aged 18-59 years.
- Participants who have not received acupuncture therapy for at least one month prior to the study.
- Participants who are willing to participate in the study according to the scheduled protocol until completion and who provide written informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universitas Indonesia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jakarta Pusat | Indonesia | Unknown status |
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