Acupuncture Treatment for Improving Alzheimer's Dementia

NCT ID: NCT04064021

Last Updated: 2022-10-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2027-03-31

Brief Summary

Evaluate cognitive improvement pre amd post acupuncture treatment in patients with probable alzheimer's dementia as measured by MOCA score and also per form A( measure of patient's personal information). Also caregiver input.

Detailed Description

Patient's with diagnosis of probable mild to moderate AD will be enrolled in this study. Patient will undergo neurological examination including MOCA. Examiner will also fill out Form A at the time of initial evaluation.

Patient will then undergo series of acupuncture treatments 2 per week for 6 weeks(12 acupuncture treatment). At end of this intervention patients will be reassessed using same testing(MOCA and form A) Data collected will be assessed via statistical analysis to see if there is any statistically significant improvement.

Acupuncture points used in this trial will stay the same for all subjects and throughout the course. The points will be Si Shen Chong, ST36, 37, LV 2,3,6, GB 34, 39, Xia San Huang, LI 11, LI 4.

Conditions

Cognitive Deficits; Alzheimer Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Acupuncture

Acupuncture 12 sessions over 6 week to be given to pateints

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Acupunture

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Patient will receive 12 acupuncture treatments over 6 weeks (2x per week)

Interventions

Acupunture

Patient will receive 12 acupuncture treatments over 6 weeks (2x per week)

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Mild to moderate AD

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe AD

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

N & S Neurology Center, A Medical Group, Inc

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

SANJAY CHAUHAN, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

N & S Neurology Center, A Medical Group, Inc

Other Identifiers

NS1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id