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标题：Efficacy and safety of electric heating moxibustion for perennial allergic rhinitis: protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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作者：Chan-Yung Jung ; Min-Jin Cho ; Ha-Ra Kang 等
期刊名称：Trials
印刷版ISSN：1745-6215
电子版ISSN：1745-6215
出版年度：2019
卷号：20
期号：1
页码：445-453
DOI：10.1186/s13063-019-3550-x
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an IgE-mediated disease that adversely affects quality of life. Many studies report that moxibustion is an effective treatment for perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR). However, it is difficult to perform moxibustion on the face because of possible burning of the skin and the noxious effects of smoke. Electric heating moxibustion does not have these limitations. The purpose of this clinical trial is to assess the possibility of treating PAR with electric heating moxibustion and to assess the feasibility of conducting a clinical test on a larger scale. This is a randomized, open-label, assessor-blind, parallel-design pilot clinical study. We will recruit 40 eligible participants and randomly allocate them into an electric heating moxibustion group or an acupuncture group at a 1:1 ratio. Patients in both groups will receive eight treatments over 4 weeks, and the final follow-up will be 4 weeks after the last treatment. Eleven acupuncture points will be used for patients in both groups (EX-HN3 and bilateral EX-HN-8, LI20, LI4, GB20, and ST36). The primary outcome measure is change in the Total Nasal Symptom Score, and the secondary outcome measures are changes in the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire, nasal endoscopy index for pattern identification, pattern identification questionnaire for AR, total IgE, eosinophil count, and adverse effects. This clinical trial will examine the effect of electric heating moxibustion on PAR. ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03342105 . Registered on 14 November 2017.
关键词：Allergic rhinitis; Electric heating moxibustion; Moxibustion; Randomized controlled trial