Recruiting
Phase 1

Acupuncture & Laser Acupuncture

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00459680

Conditions

Hypertension

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Laser acupoint treatment

Acupuncture

Study Details

Brief summary:

To determine the effect of acupuncture and laser acupuncture point treatment on hypertensive subjects.

Conditions

Hypertension

Study ID

NCT00459680

Start date

Feb, 2008

Status verified date

Oct, 2008

Completion date

Jun, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jan, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female over 18 and under 70 years of age with hypertension (blood pressure over 140/90 mmhg).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals with heart, kidney, thyroid disorders, diabetes, chronic disease or illness, neurological diseases, skin or bleeding disorders, and currently taking drugs or medications will not be recruited in the study. A health history questionnaire will be used to screen the subjects.

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Acupuncture

experimental: Laser Acupoint

Interventions

Laser acupoint treatment

Laser

Acupuncture

Needle acupuncture on ST36 and LI11.

Primary outcome measure

  • Blood pressure [ Time Frame: Pretreatment then at 2 and 4 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

Contacts

John Zhang, MD, PhD

636-230-1920john.zhang@logan.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Jan 21, 2010

Last verified

Oct, 2008

Keywords

  • hypertension
  • acupuncture
  • laser

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2010-01-21.