Acupuncture for patients with functional dyspepsia: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Whether acupuncture is efficacious for patients with functional dyspepsia is still controversial. So we designed a randomised controlled trial to settle the problem.

Methods and analysis

We designed a multicentre, two-arm, sham-controlled clinical trial. 200 participants with functional dyspepsia will be randomly assigned to the true acupuncture (TA) group and sham acupuncture (SA) group in a 1:1 ratio. Participants in the TA group will receive acupuncture at points selected according to syndrome differentiation. Participants in the sham acupuncture group will receive penetrations at sham points. Participants in both groups will receive 20 sessions of electroacupuncture in 4 weeks, five times continuously with a 2 day rest in a week. The primary outcome is the p

SUBMITTER: Zheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3731711 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature