This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy on persistent allergic rhinitis patients complicated with asthma.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
30
In the acupuncture treatment group, 10 acupuncture points (bilateral LI4, TE23, ST36, unilateral EHN-1, GV23, LI20 and LI4) will be inserted with 0.20 mm in diameter x 30 mm in length disposal needles. The needle will be inserted to a depth of 10 - 30 mm, according to the points selected. The participating acupuncture doctors will manually manipulate the acupuncture needles with de-qi sensation and maintain the needles for 10 minutes with two times of manual stimulation, at the beginning and at the end.
National Clinical Research Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Pusan National University
Yangsan, Kyungsangnamdo, South Korea
RECRUITINGTotal Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS)
Time frame: Change from Baseline TNSS Score at 4 Weeks after Randomization
Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ)
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 4 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 8 Weeks after Randomization (Active Group Only)
Quality of Life Questionnaire for adult Korean Asthmatics (QLQAKA)
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 4 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 8 Weeks after Randomization (Active Group Only)
Visual Analogue Scale
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 4 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 8 Weeks after Randomization (Active Group Only)
Pulmonary function test (PFT)
Time frame: Baseline, four weeks after randomization (both groups)
Euro Quality of Life-5 Dimention Questionnaire (EQ-5D)
Time frame: Baseline, four weeks after randomization
Total Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS)
Time frame: Change from Baseline at 2 Weeks after Randomization (Both Groups), Change from Baseline at 8 Weeks after Randomization (Active Group Only)
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