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Electroacupuncture to treat with Overactive Bladder in Postmenopausal Women: study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled, parallel clinical trial.

Eun-Young Nam, Ju-Yeon Park, Junyoung Jo, Seung-Hyun Jung, Chi-Yeon Lim, Dong-Il Kim

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Article in Trials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03260907 (Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture and Acupuncture in Postmenopausal Women With Overactive Bladder ; A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT03260907 naunknown statusnot on this map

Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture and Acupuncture in Postmenopausal Women With Overactive Bladder ; A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorDongGuk UniversityRan2018 to 2018Enrolled98ConditionsOveractive Bladder, MenopauseArmsElectroacupuncture, Acupuncture
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eun-Young NamDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Gachon University Dongincheon Gil Korean Medicine Hospital, 21 Keunumul-ro, Jung-gu, Incheon, 22318, Republic of Korea.
Ju-Yeon ParkResearch institute of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 32 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea.
Junyoung JoResearch institute of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, 32 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea.
Seung-Hyun JungDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University Bundang Oriental Hospital, 268 Buljeong-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13601, Republic of Korea.
Chi-Yeon LimDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, 32 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea.
Dong-Il KimDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University Korean Medicine Hospital, 27 Dongguk-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, Republic of Korea. obgykdi@hanmail.net.
Dongguk University · KRDunsan Korean Medicine Hospital · KRGachon University · KR

Funding

Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea HB16C0062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectroacupuncture has been used for treatment in patients with overactive bladder. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture for treating overactive bladder of postmenopausal women. METHODS/

designThis is a multicenter, randomized controlled, parallel clinical trial. Two hundred ninety participants with overactive bladder syndrome will be recruited from Dongguk University Bundang Oriental Hospital and Cheonan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University and randomly allocated into one of two groups in a 1:1 ratio. One group will receive electroacupuncture (EA) and the other acupuncture (AC). The allocation will be concealed from both participants and assessors. The study period will be about 10 weeks, including 6 weeks of electroacupuncture or acupuncture treatment and a four week follow-up period. Both EA group and AT group will undergo acupuncture at 7 fixed points, and the EA group will undergo electronic stimulation at 6 points. The primary outcome will be the average number of micturitions per 24 h based on a 3-day bladder diary. The secondary outcome will comprise the 3-day bladder diary, the overactive bladder symptom score and the results of the King's health questionnaire. DISCUSSION: The results of this trial will provide information regarding the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture for treating overactive bladder in postmenopausal women.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03260907 . Registered on 24 August 2017.

Indexed as

PostmenopauseUrodynamicsElectroacupunctureFemaleHumansMulticenter Studies as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRecovery of FunctionRepublic of KoreaTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUrinary BladderUrinary Bladder, OveractiveElectroacupunctureMenopauseOveractive bladderPostmenopausal overactive bladder

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