Overview

Acupuncture for Ischemic Post-stroke Depression

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This is a multicentre, single Blind ,randomized controlled clinical trial in ischemic post-stroke depression patients.The participants will be allocated randomly in either of the two groups: verum acupuncture plus placebo medication group or sham acupuncture plus true medication group. On the hypothesis that acupuncture intervention could produce the same therapeutic effects as antidepressants. The investigators also hypothesized that acupuncture would be associated with minimal side effects.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Menghan Li
Collaborators:
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China
Tianjin Academy of Tradional Chinese Medicine Afflicated Hospital
Treatments:
Fluoxetine