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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Sensitive Symptoms of Distal Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Led by Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · Updated on 2024-05-22
200
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
213 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
I
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Lead Sponsor
N
National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a controlled clinical trial with the aim to study the effects of electroacupuncture on neuropathic pain reduction, quality of life and changes in sensory and motor nerve conduction velocity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, beneficiaries of the familiar medical centers 20, 40 and 41 of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, at north of Mexico City, in colaboration with the human acupuncture specialty of the Escuela Nacional de Medicina y Homeopatía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Electroacupuncture on Sensitive Symptoms of Distal Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Patients with clinical diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy.
- Patients with electrophysiological diagnosis of diabetic peripheral polyneuropathy in its different types of classification.
You will not qualify if you...
- Type 1 diabetes or gestational diabetes.
- Systemic autoimmune diseases.
- Hematological disorders.
- HIV diagnosis.
- Cancer in treatment.
- Pregnancy.
- Other types of neurological disorders or neuropathies.
- Intervention with acupuncture six months previously.
- Patients with pacemakers.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Medical research unit in biochemistry, UMAE "Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda".Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico, 06720
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Research Team
J
José de Jesús Peralta Romero, PhD
CONTACT
M
María Fernanda Pérez Hernández, MsC
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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