Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:20 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:20 AM
NCT ID:
NCT04957134
Brief Summary:
Electro-acupuncture provides stimulation to acupoints, and has been widely used to treat abdominal obesity in China despite of lack of high-level evidence for treatment efficacy. The study will investigate whether the electroacupuncture can alleviate clinical symptoms and the mechanism of action in patients with abdominal obesity.
Detailed Description:
The study will be a randomized controlled trial from May 2021 to December 2022, including 68 participants with abdominal obesity. The participants will be randomly divided into 2 groups in a 1:1 allocation ratio.The intervention group will receive electroacupuncture; the control group will receive sham acupuncture. Each treatment will last 12 weeks, including 8 weeks of intervention period and 24 weeks of follow-up. The primary outcome is the waist circumference (WC), the secondary outcomes include weight, body mass index (BMI), hipline, waist-hip-ratio (WHR), Insulin resistance index (IRI), blood fat, metabolomics will be used analysis the mechanism. The adverse events will be recorded during the intervention and follow-up period.
Study:
NCT04957134
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04957134