Trial reportMedicine2018
Effectiveness and safety of moxibustion for alleviating symptoms of overactive bladder: A prospective, randomized controlled, crossover-design, pilot study.
Trial report in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02271607 (A Pilot Study About The Effects of Indirect-Moxibustion on Bladder- Functional Improvement and Symptoms Management in Patients With Overactive Bladder), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study About The Effects of Indirect-Moxibustion on Bladder- Functional Improvement and Symptoms Management in Patients With Overactive Bladder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bladder training for treating overactive bladder in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in treating overactive bladder.International urology and nephrology · 2023Review
- The Effect of Thunder-Fire Moxibustion on Lumbar Disc Herniation: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of acupuncture for nocturia: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2021Article
- Laser Acupuncture Alleviates Symptoms and Improves Quality of Life in Women with Overactive Bladder: A Double-Blind, Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to evaluate trial feasibility and explore the potential efficacy and safety of moxibustion in the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB).
methodA randomized, controlled, cross-over, assessor blinded design was used. This study was conducted in an outpatient department of a university hospital in Republic of Korea. The overall study period was 8 weeks. Participants were randomly allotted to either Group A or Group B. Group A participants underwent 8 to 12 sessions of moxibustion with behavioral training during the first 4 weeks, while the Group B participants received behavioral training only. Over the next 4 weeks, the treatment offered to the 2 groups was reversed (Group A participants received behavioral training only, while Group B participants underwent the moxibustion session with behavioral training). The OAB-validated 8-question awareness tool (OAB-V8), OAB symptom scores (OABSS), visual analog scale (VAS) for lower urinary tract symptoms, and frequency voiding chart were used to assess outcomes. For analysis, we used effect size, measured as Hedge's g, to present descriptive results indicating the actual difference between the groups.
resultsCompared to that in Group B, the Hedge's g of OAB-V8 for the former 4 weeks in Group A was -0.248, that of OABSS was -1.531, and that of VAS was -0.713. During the latter 4 weeks, Group B showed similar effect with g = 0.465, 1.207, and 0.427 for OAB-V8, OABSS, and VAS, respectively, compared to Group A. The portion of nocturnal voiding volume decreased (g = -0965), the mean voiding volume increased (g = 0.690), and the voiding frequency decreased (g = -0.498) with moxibustion.
conclusionsMoxibustion might be considered as an alternative for OAB. A full-sized randomized controlled trial may be feasible with minimal modification in outcome measures and comparator population. OTHER INFORMATION: This clinical trial has been registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02271607).
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