Efficacy of Wet Cupping on Blood Pressure Among Hypertension Patients
NCT ID: NCT01853371
Last Updated: 2014-12-11
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COMPLETED
NA
20 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-06-30
Brief Summary
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Background: Cupping is an ancient treatment remedy that has been used for many centuries in many parts of the world. In the Middle East, Wet cupping "Hijama" is still a popular treatment because of its religious background. Despite of that, it still has little scientific evidence that proves its efficacy. Many hijama healers claim that they have observed dramatic improvement in Blood pressure control of hypertension patients. Not many studies support that. This study should help to prove or disprove this hypothesis.
Objectives:
* To determine the efficacy of wet cupping on blood pressure among high blood pressure patients.
* To assess the incidence of wet cupping side effects in the intervention group.
Methods: The study design is a randomised controlled trial. There will be an intervention group of high blood pressure patients who will perform hijama in addition to their usual management, and a control group of high blood pressure patients who will receive their usual anti-hypertension management only. There will be 4 weeks follow up period. After that, data entry, analysis and interpretation will take place.
Hypothesis: Wet cupping has an effect on blood pressure in adult hypertension patients
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Wet cupping and conventional treatment
Wet cupping: Will be administered through 3 sessions, with 4 weeks interval between each session and the other.
Conventional treatment: Is the usual anti-HTN treatment taken by the patients at the King Abdulaziz university hospital outpatient department.
Wet cupping
Wet cupping is the process of using a vacuum at different points on the body in order to gather the blood in that area. Then apply few superficial incisions (small, light scratches using a razor) on those areas, followed by repeating the vacuum on the same areas in order to remove 'harmful' blood which lies just beneath the surface of the skin. In this study, the wet cupping procedure was not done on certain days of the lunar month.
Conventional treatment
According to Saudi Hypertension management guidelines, hypertension patients may require life style modification alone , especially for newly diagnosed cases, or my require life style modification and drug treatment. This will be decided by the treating team in the hospital.
Conventional treatment
Conventional treatment: Is the usual anti-HTN treatment taken by the patients at the King Abdulaziz university hospital outpatient department.
Conventional treatment
According to Saudi Hypertension management guidelines, hypertension patients may require life style modification alone , especially for newly diagnosed cases, or my require life style modification and drug treatment. This will be decided by the treating team in the hospital.
Interventions
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Wet cupping
Wet cupping is the process of using a vacuum at different points on the body in order to gather the blood in that area. Then apply few superficial incisions (small, light scratches using a razor) on those areas, followed by repeating the vacuum on the same areas in order to remove 'harmful' blood which lies just beneath the surface of the skin. In this study, the wet cupping procedure was not done on certain days of the lunar month.
Conventional treatment
According to Saudi Hypertension management guidelines, hypertension patients may require life style modification alone , especially for newly diagnosed cases, or my require life style modification and drug treatment. This will be decided by the treating team in the hospital.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Age between 19 and 65 years old.
* Males and females
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients with very high added risk,according to the Saudi Hypertension management guidelines. By excluding the patient who have associated clinical conditions which are: cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, renal disease, peripheral vascular disease and advanced retinopathy.
* Patients with secondary hypertension.
* Pregnant women.
* If the patient performed dry cupping, wet cupping or acupuncture during the past 6 months.
19 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Joint Program of Family and Community Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
OTHER
King Fahd Medical Research Centre
OTHER
King Abdulaziz University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Nouran Aleyeidi
Community Medicine PHD Candidate
Principal Investigators
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Nouran A Aleyeidi, Resident Community Medicine
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ministry of Health
Khaled Aseri, Consultant Community Medicine
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City
Locations
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King Abdulaziz University Hospital
Jeddah, Western Region, Saudi Arabia
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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001
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id