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Completed NA INTERVENTIONAL 2-arm NCT03815253

Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity

Electro-acupuncture for Central Obesity: a Single Blinded Randomized Sham-controlled Clinical Trial

Sponsor: Hong Kong Baptist University

Interventions acupuncture
Updated 8 times since 2019 Last updated: Mar 15, 2021 Started: Feb 1, 2019 Primary completion: Jan 31, 2021 Completion: Feb 28, 2021
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This NA trial investigates Central Obesity and is currently completed. Hong Kong Baptist University leads this study, which shows 8 recorded versions since 2019 — indicating limited longitudinal coverage. The change history captured here reflects the iterative nature of clinical trial conduct.

Study Description(click to expand)

This is a pilot single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial. 168 central obesity patients will be randomly assigned to acupuncture group or control group. The duration of the treatment will be 8 weeks with 2 session per week and the follow-up period will be 2 weeks.

This is a pilot single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial. 168 central obesity patients will be randomly assigned to acupuncture group or control group. The duration of the treatment will be 8 weeks with 2 session per week and the follow-up period will be 2 weeks.

Status Flow

~Feb 2019 – ~Mar 2019 · 28 days · monthly snapshotEnrolling By Invitation~Mar 2019 – ~Aug 2020 · 17 months · monthly snapshotRecruiting~Aug 2020 – ~Jan 2021 · 5 months · monthly snapshotRecruiting~Jan 2021 – ~Apr 2021 · 3 months · monthly snapshotRecruiting~Apr 2021 – ~Jul 2024 · 39 months · monthly snapshotCompleted~Jul 2024 – ~Sep 2024 · 2 months · monthly snapshotCompleted~Sep 2024 – present · 19 months · monthly snapshotCompleted~Jan 2026 – present · 3 months · monthly snapshotCompleted

Change History

8 versions recorded
  1. Jan 2026 — Present [monthly]

    Completed NA

  2. Sep 2024 — Present [monthly]

    Completed NA

  3. Jul 2024 — Sep 2024 [monthly]

    Completed NA

  4. Apr 2021 — Jul 2024 [monthly]

    Completed NA

    Status: RecruitingCompleted

  5. Jan 2021 — Apr 2021 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

Show 3 earlier versions
  1. Aug 2020 — Jan 2021 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

  2. Mar 2019 — Aug 2020 [monthly]

    Recruiting NA

    Status: Enrolling By InvitationRecruiting

  3. Feb 2019 — Mar 2019 [monthly]

    Enrolling By Invitation NA

    First recorded

Eligibility Summary

No eligibility information available.

Contact Information

Sponsor contact:
  • Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong
Data source: Hong Kong Baptist University

For direct contact, visit the study record on ClinicalTrials.gov .

Study Locations