Effect of Plum-blossom Needle vs. Tropicamide Eye Drops on Juvenile Myopia
NCT ID: NCT03097198
Last Updated: 2017-03-31
Study Results
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
98 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-12-31
2018-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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PbN-TED
Treated with plum-blossom needle first for 10 times during 20 days, followed with a one-month wash-out period and a 10-day period with Tropicamide Eye Drops.
Plum-blossom Needle
* acupoint selection: Zhengguang 1, Zhengguang 2, GB20, GV14, LI4.
* plum-blossom needle manipulation methods: After the skin has been wiped with 75 % alcohol, plum-blossom needles will be tapped perpendicularly on the skin at the selected acupoints with wrist force and then lifted immediately. Each point will be tapped repeatedly for 20 to 50 times and both sides of cervical vertebra and temporal region, Suprao-infraorbital margin will be tapped repeatedly. Acupuncturists should tap the points gently to make patients feel only a little pain and stop when the skin gets flushed but is not bleeding.
Tropicamide Eye Drops
Instill one drop in both eyes every night before bed.
TED-PbN
Treated with Tropicamide Eye Drops for 10 days first, followed with a one-month wash-out period and 10 times of plum-blossom needle treatment for 20 days.
Plum-blossom Needle
* acupoint selection: Zhengguang 1, Zhengguang 2, GB20, GV14, LI4.
* plum-blossom needle manipulation methods: After the skin has been wiped with 75 % alcohol, plum-blossom needles will be tapped perpendicularly on the skin at the selected acupoints with wrist force and then lifted immediately. Each point will be tapped repeatedly for 20 to 50 times and both sides of cervical vertebra and temporal region, Suprao-infraorbital margin will be tapped repeatedly. Acupuncturists should tap the points gently to make patients feel only a little pain and stop when the skin gets flushed but is not bleeding.
Tropicamide Eye Drops
Instill one drop in both eyes every night before bed.
Interventions
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Plum-blossom Needle
* acupoint selection: Zhengguang 1, Zhengguang 2, GB20, GV14, LI4.
* plum-blossom needle manipulation methods: After the skin has been wiped with 75 % alcohol, plum-blossom needles will be tapped perpendicularly on the skin at the selected acupoints with wrist force and then lifted immediately. Each point will be tapped repeatedly for 20 to 50 times and both sides of cervical vertebra and temporal region, Suprao-infraorbital margin will be tapped repeatedly. Acupuncturists should tap the points gently to make patients feel only a little pain and stop when the skin gets flushed but is not bleeding.
Tropicamide Eye Drops
Instill one drop in both eyes every night before bed.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Distance visual acuity can be corrected to normal using negative spherical or cylindrical lenses
* Myopia diopter spherical lenses must be ≤-3.00 D which measured under cycloplegia
* Subjects must be between 8 and 20 years of age
Exclusion Criteria
* Diopter spherical lense ≥1.50 D or cylindrical lenses ≥1.00 D, as measured under cycloplegia
* The affected eyes have other diseases which affect the determination of acupuncture efficacy
* Subjects with serious systemic diseases, such as cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system, and psychiatric diseases
* Longterm use of other related drugs or treatments, which have not been terminated
* Parents or subjects refuse to participate this trial
* Participating other ongoing clinical trials
8 Years
20 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Wenzhou Medical University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Tang Lewei
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Yuanbo Liang, Doctor
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Clinical&Epidemiological Eye Research Center
Locations
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School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Lewei Tang, Doctor
Role: primary
References
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Chen L, Liang Y, Xu M, Zheng J, Yu H, Tang L. Effect of plum-blossom needling versus tropicamide eye drops on adolescent myopia: protocol for a randomized crossover trial. J Tradit Chin Med. 2020 Apr;40(2):333-339.
Other Identifiers
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2016ZB080
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id