Acupuncture for Long COVID Neuropsychiatric Symptoms: a Pragmatic,Randomized Clinical Trial
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
In this study, a 12-week pragmatic, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of long Covid neuropsychiatric symptoms and provide reference for clinical non-drug treatment.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• meet the clinical diagnosis of Long COVID by the World Health Organization (WHO), with no neuropsychiatric symptoms 1 year before infection with Covid-19, and continue to have at least one neuropsychiatric symptom for 2 months after SARS-CoV-2 turned negative 3 months above;
• aged 12 to 80 years;
• willing and able to consent, and complete all assessment and study procedures
Locations
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Linda Zhong
RECRUITING
Kowloon Tong
Contact Information
Primary
Linda Zhong, MD., Ph.D
ldzhong0305@gmail.com
85234116523
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-07-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-04-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 160
Treatments
Experimental: Acupuncture
The acupuncture intervention will be conducted for 2 sessions per week during a 12-week treatment duration and will be followed up at week 18. This research is based on the TCM theory of individualized acupuncture. Qualified participants will first conduct TCM syndrome differentiation according to the five main manifestations of Long COVID neuropsychiatric symptoms including fatigue, anxiety/depression, cognitive impairment, memory loss, and insomnia. They will be divided into four treatment groups according to their main clinical symptoms, and the participants in the treatment group will be treated with the selected acupoints according to their disease category.~The selection of the acupoints for each syndrome type are formulated with reference to the 13th Five-Year Plan Textbook Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy published by the China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine Co.,Ltd.
No_intervention: Conventional treatment
The control group will not receive acupuncture therapy. This study does not require the use of a placebo.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Hong Kong Baptist University