Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2012
Health economic evaluation of acupuncture along meridians for treating migraine in China: results from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00599586 (Randomized Controlled Trial of Treating Migraine With Acupuncture), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Randomized Controlled Trial of Treating Migraine With Acupuncture
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Efficacy of contralateral acupuncture in women with migraine without aura: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Using economic evaluations to support acupuncture reimbursement decisions: current evidence and gaps.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Article
- Acupuncture reduced the medical expenditure in migraine patients: Real-world data of a 10-year national cohort study.Medicine · 2020Article
- Economic analysis of acupuncture for migraine prophylaxis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2018Article
- East meets West: current issues relevant to integrating Chinese medicine.Chinese medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate different types of acupuncture treatment for migraine in China from the perspective of health economics, particularly the comparison between treatment of specific acupoints in Shaoyang meridians and penetrating sham acupoints treatment.
methodsData were obtained from a multicenter, randomized controlled trial of acupuncture treatment in patients with migraine. Four-hundred eighty migraineurs were randomly assigned to 3 arms of treatment with genuine acupoints and 1 arm of penetrating sham acupoints. The primary outcome measurement was the cost-effectiveness ratio (C/E), expressed as cost per 1 day reduction of headache days from baseline to week 16. Cost-comparison analyses, differences in the migraine-specific quality of life questionnaire (MSQ), and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio were taken as secondary outcome measurements. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was conducted.
resultsThe total cost per patient was ¥1273.2 (95% CI 1171.3-1375.1) in the Shaoyang specific group, ¥1427.7 (95% CI 1311.8-1543.6) in the Shaoyang non-specific group, ¥1490.8 (95% CI 1327.1-1654.6) in the Yangming specific group, and ¥1470.1 (95% CI 1358.8-1581.3) in the sham acupuncture group. The reduced days with migraine were 3.972 ± 2.7, 3.555 ± 2.8, 3.793 ± 3.6, and 2.155 ± 3.7 in these 4 groups (P < 0.05 for each genuine acupoints group vs the sham group), respectively, at week 16. The C/Es of the 4 groups were 320.5, 401.6, 393.1, and 682.2, respectively. Results of the sensitivity analysis were consistent with that of the cost-effectiveness analysis. The Shaoyang specific group significantly improved in all 3 MSQ domains compared with the sham acupuncture group.
conclusionsTreatment of specific acupoints in Shaoyang meridians is more cost-effective than that of non-acupoints, representing a dramatic improvement in the quality of life of people with migraine and a significant reduction in cost. Compared with the other 3 groups, Shaoyang-specific acupuncture is a relatively cost-effective treatment for migraine prophylaxis in China.
trial registrationClinical Trials.gov NCT00599586.
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