Warm-needling acupuncture and medicinal cake-separated moxibustion for hyperlipidemia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acupuncture and moxibustion has been widely applied to hyperlipidemia treatment in clinical practice in China, serving as an alternative treatment to statins. Warm-needling acupuncture and medicinal cake-separated moxibustion have been separately reported with potential therapeutic effects on hyperlipidemia treatment in several studies but with limitations in study methodology. Combining these two modalities may provide a more advantageous strategy in treating hyperlipidemia. Therefore, a strict evaluation through well-designed randomized controlled trials (RCT) is necessary to determine their efficacy and safety on hyperlipidemia.

Methods

The study a multicenter, open-label, randomized, stratified, active-controlled, noninferiority trial with two parallel groups.

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504830 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature