Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Functional Dyspepsia

Summary

The purpose of the study is to testify the efficacy of treating functional dyspepsia with acupuncture, and provide evidence for the hypothesis that "Acupuncture effect is based on meridians, and gathering of meridian Qi is the key point."

Timeline

Start

2007-11

Primary completion

2009-09

Completion

2009-09

Publications

• Ma T, Zeng F, Li Y, Wang CM, Tian X, Yu S, Zhao L, Wu X, Yang M, Wang D, Liang F. Which subtype of functional dyspepsia patients responses better to acupuncture? A retrospective analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Forsch Komplementmed. 2015;22(2):94-100. doi: 10.1159/000380983. Epub 2015 Mar 11.
• Zhao L, Zhang FW, Li Y, Wu X, Zheng H, Cheng LH, Liang FR. Adverse events associated with acupuncture: three multicentre randomized controlled trials of 1968 cases in China. Trials. 2011 Mar 24;12:87. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-87.
• Zheng H, Tian XP, Li Y, Liang FR, Yu SG, Liu XG, Tang Y, Yang XG, Yan J, Sun GJ, Chang XR, Zhang HX, Ma TT, Yu SY. Acupuncture as a treatment for functional dyspepsia: design and methods of a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2009 Aug 23;10:75. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-75.

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