[PDF] Top 20 Acupuncture for patients with mild hypertension: study protocol of an open label multicenter randomized controlled trial

... this trial by means of multiple comparisons of four different arms (affected meridian acupuncture, non-affected meridian acupuncture, inva- sive sham acupuncture, and waiting-list groups) to ... See full document

... scalp acupuncture are set as follows: two to three needles penetrating through the top midline, the motor region, and the sensory region of the lesion ...For mild cognitive impairment, DU20 (Bai Hui), DU24 ... See full document

... This is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, open-label phase IV trial. Guang’anmen Hospital of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, TCM Hospital of Shanxi Province, ... See full document

... in controlled trials of acupuncture and low dropout rates. Our study has several ...limitations. Patients entering the study were not blinded and may have had strong treatment ... See full document

... this trial, we spent plenty of time designing the control group, since appro- priate control is crucial for a high-quality randomized controlled ...this trial is to clarify whether ... See full document

... 1. Needle fainting during acupuncture treatment For patients who are on their first visit or have a serious phobia about needles, a reassuring explanation is necessary. The patient’s complexion will be ... See full document

... Ultimately, one-third of the patients with a parastomal hernia needs surgical correction [5,6]. Parastomal hernia repair is challenging and results vary markedly between techniques. Suture repair, narrowing the ... See full document

... of acupuncture in the management of LBP, but review conclusions are sometimes contradict- ory and often limited by the number and quality of the included studies ...of acupuncture, some studies report that ... See full document

... including acupuncture [17]. Acupuncture is an important modality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which involves an in- sertion of a needle into the body at specific points to pre- vent and treat ... See full document

... proposed study are ...proposed study will not be a multicenter trial, which will influence the exter- nal validity of the ...fake acupuncture methods include neighboring sham acu- ... See full document

... APPAC trial is a randomized prospective controlled, open label, non-inferiority multicenter trial designed to compare antibiotic therapy (ertapenem) with emergency ... See full document

... the study period, 2160 patients were assessed for eligibility, 1830 were not interested in participation or had obvious violation of inclusion criteria ...330 patients who entered at baseline, eighty ... See full document

... This study consists of a four-center, three-arm, randomized, controlled, and open-label ...receive acupuncture treatments either two or three times per week for a total of 10 ... See full document

... Contraindications for etanercept use include chronic, active, serious, and recurrent infection, active TB, latent TB in the absence of chemoprophylaxis, hepatitis B, MS and other demyelinating disease, a first-degree ... See full document

... Recently, a case report documented the experience of a 55-year-old male patient with long-standing psoriasis who received antirejection therapy subsequent to a cadaveric renal transplant. The patient experienced an acute ... See full document

... nonrandomized study demonstrated that autologous platelet-rich fibrin glue treatment significantly decreased time to fistula closure and promoted closure ...the study, which may lead to bias in our ... See full document

... Time to relapse is the primary endpoint of the study. Pa- tients experiencing their first minor relapse after randomization and before month 24 will remain on their randomized treatment and the dose of ... See full document

... 1: Time to Local Progression (TLP). ‘Target liver volume’ will be determined with the use of cone-beam CT during the interventional procedure, by implementing the per- fusion area of the targeted vessel in relationship ... See full document

... Only patients meeting all inclusion criteria may be in- cluded. Inclusion criteria are as follows: age >18 years; ICU admission; immune deficiency due to any cause (solid organ transplantation, hematological or ... See full document

... AF-PCI trial (Open-Label, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study Exploring Two Treatment Strategies of Rivar- oxaban and a Dose-Adjusted Oral Vitamin K Antagonist ... See full document