Clinical trial NCT04356794: Heart Rate Variability Assessment in Dialysis Patients by Acupuncture
Official title: Heart Rate Variability Assessment in Dialysis Patients by Acupuncture
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: RLS
Lead sponsor: China Medical University, Taiwan
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Changhua Christian Hospital
First posted: 2020-04-22
Enrollment: 35
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Title of the study:Heart Rate Variability Assessment in Dialysis Patients by Acupuncture

Study period: 08/2019 - 07/2021

Institution: the Graduate Institute of Chinese Medical Science, China Medical University/ Changhua Christian Hospital,Taiwan

Aim of the study: To investigate the effect of medical acupuncture in comparison to placebo acupuncture by heart rate variability(HRV)

Design: Prospective randomized trial

Intervention: Experiment group using indwelling fixed needles, N=30 ; Control group using placebo needles, N=30

Outcome measures: International RLS Rating Scale, HRV

Detailed description: RLS occurs in 3-15% of the general population and in 10-30% of patients on maintenance dialysis. End-stage renal disease, a decrease in HRV is typically found, with abnormal HRV being considered an independent risk factor for mortality.While the majority of studies show an initial improvement in symptoms, longer studies and clinical experience show that either treatment efficacy decreases with time, and/or augmentation develops: dopaminergic augmentation has been reported to be the main reason for treatment discontinuation and treatment failure in RLS/WED.

The study randomly assigned to either true acupuncture treatment or placebo/sham acupuncture treatment. Each participant will undergo 12 treatments third-weekly, for a period of 4 weeks. At the end of the eighth treatment session, each participant will again fill out a IRLSRS questionnaire ,ISI and HRV test. At the end of the treatment regimen and 5weeks, participants will again fill out a IRLSRS questionnaire ,ISI and HRV test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Dialysis patients with RLS
* The symptoms expressed ≧ 3 months and more than twice per week.
* A score of at least 20 corresponding to severe RLS ( International Restless Legs Syndrome Rating Scale, IRLSRS).Dialysis patients with RLS

Exclusion Criteria:

* Idiopathic RLS
* Other movement disorders, various psychiatric and organic disorders, cognitive impairment, or bleeding disorders, on anticoagulant therapy, or cardiac pacemaker.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline International restless legs syndrome rating scale(IRLSRS) at 4 weeks,5weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 5weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline ISI and HRV(LF,HF, RMSSD, PNN50) at 4 weeks, 5weeks
timeFrame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 5weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Changhua
country: Taiwan
facility: Changhua Christian Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: China Medical University, Taiwan
name: Lun-Chien Lo, PHD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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