Electro-Acupuncture for Bladder Pain Syndrome: A Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial and Study for Central Mechanism.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The efficacy of conventional treatments for treating bladder pain syndrome (BPS) remains unsatisfactory. Electro-acupuncture (EA) is one of the complementary treatments with great analgesic effect and minimal side effect, but evidence of the efficacy of EA on BPS is limited. Thus, this study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of EA for treating BPS and study on central mechanism of patients with BPS.

Methods/design

The study is a randomized controlled and assessor-blinded design trial. A total of 84 participants will be randomly assigned to medication group (n=21), EA group (n=42) and sham electro-acupuncture (SA) group (n=21) in a 1:2:1 allocation ratio. This trial will include baseline period, 4-week treatment period and 4-week follow-up period. Particip

SUBMITTER: Xu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9289574 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature