Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Safety of Fire Needle Therapy Combined With Cortex Phellodendri Compound Fluid Wet Compress for Acute Herpes Zoster: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Lead Sponsor:

Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Conditions:

Acute Herpes Zoster

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Herpes zoster (HZ) results from a reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes primary infection leading to chickenpox and remains latent in the ganglia. Fire needle therapy is a non-pha...

Detailed Description

Herpes zoster (HZ) results from a reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes primary infection leading to chickenpox and remains latent in the ganglia. Fire needle therapy is a non-pha...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • males and females, aged 18-80 years old;
  • diagnosed as acute HZ with the course of disease within 7 days;
  • without history of other treatment before enrollment.

Exclusion

  • specific types of HZ, including Ramsay Hunt Syndrom, ophthalmic, disseminated, deep, purpuric and central nervous system HZ;
  • pregnancy and lactation;
  • allergic to the related Chinese herbals;
  • patients with contraindications to penciclovir, mecobalamin and pregabalin; (e) history of hypertrophic scar or keloid;
  • (f) severe cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, digestive, urinary or hematopoietic disease; (g) mental disease; (h) coagulation disorders.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06985589

Start Date

January 1 2024

End Date

August 31 2024

Last Update

May 22 2025

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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710000