The Promotion Plan of Moxibustion on Ulcerate Colitis

Last updated: March 17, 2021
Sponsor: Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Meridian
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Bowel Dysfunction

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Colic

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT03232528
promotion
  • Ages 18-65
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

To evaluate the efficacy of Moxibustion in the treatment of Ulcerative Colitis, thus the scientific foundation for rational use of Moxibustion in clinical usage, in order to find admission of the Acupuncture and Moxibustion and even medicine field, accomplish popularization and application.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Meet the diagnosis of UC
  • Patients do not receive any medicine, or if they are receiving medicine, it should beaminosalicylates and/or prednisone (dose ≤15mg and have taken at least 1 month);
  • Patients should have not received antibiotic, biologicals within 3 months prior toentering the study;
  • Signing a written informed consent.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with cardiac, encephalic, hepatic, nephric, hematopoietic system, psychoticor any other serious diseases;
  • Pregnancy or lactation;
  • genetic family history of nervous system disease

Study Design

Total Participants: 128
Study Start date:
November 01, 2016
Estimated Completion Date:
December 30, 2019

Study Description

A total of 128 patients with UC were randomly divided into the following 2 groups: a) Herb-partition moxibustion (Treatment Group) and b) Sham herb-partition moxibustion (Control Group). All patients in the trial will be treated with moxibustion 3 times a week, once a day for 30 minutes, for a total of 12 weeks. After treating the treatment had ended and the 52nd week of follow-up to observe the clinical therapy effect of Moxibustion in UC patients. Tissue morphology and molecular biology tests will be conducted to observe the regulation in the intestinal mucosa of UC patients. All these steps will be done in order to provide clinical usage for the effects of herb-partition moxibustion in the treatment of UC.

Connect with a study center

  • Shanghai Research Insititute of Acupuncture and Meridian

    Shanghai, Xuhui 20000
    China

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