NCT03086863 (EAPSSP) is a NA clinical trial of electroacupuncture in Stroke, sponsored by Kyunghee University.

Who is sponsoring NCT03086863?

NCT03086863 is sponsored by Kyunghee University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03086863?

Interventions in NCT03086863: electroacupuncture, sham electroacupuncture.

What condition does NCT03086863 study?

NCT03086863 studies Stroke, Shoulder Pain, Stroke, Complication, Cerebral Infarction, Cerebral Hemorrhage.

Is NCT03086863 still recruiting?

NCT03086863 is currently completed. Last updated 2 December 2017.

Last reviewed 2017-12-02 · How we verify

NCT03086863: EAPSSP

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Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Electroacupuncture for Poststroke Patients With Shoulder Pain

Completed NA Last updated 2 December 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing electroacupuncture in Stroke in 45 participants. Completed in 29 November 2017.

Timeline

3 April 2017

Primary endpoint
29 November 2017

29 November 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Kyunghee University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	45
Start date	3 April 2017
Primary completion	29 November 2017
Estimated completion	29 November 2017
Sites	1 location across South Korea

Drugs / interventions tested

electroacupuncture
sham electroacupuncture

Conditions studied

Stroke — all drugs for Stroke →
Shoulder Pain — all drugs for Shoulder Pain →
Stroke, Complication — all drugs for Stroke, Complication →
Cerebral Infarction — all drugs for Cerebral Infarction →

Sponsor

Kyunghee University

Who can join

19 and older, any sex, with Stroke or Shoulder Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This is a multicenter, randomized, sham-controlled, patient- and assessor-blinded, and parallel trial to explore the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture (EA) therapy, compared with sham EA, for poststroke shoulder pain.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture for poststroke patients with shoulder pain: study protocol for a double-center, randomized, patient- and assessor-blinded, sham-controlled, parallel, clinical trial.
Shin S, Yang SP, Yu A, Yoo J, et al · · 2019 · cited 7× · PMID 30866914 · DOI 10.1186/s12906-019-2468-x
Advances in Medical Devices for Augmented Acupuncture Therapy.
Cai R, Yu C, Luo X, Xu N, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40679074 · DOI 10.1002/advs.202505318

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Other Kyunghee University trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03086863 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kyunghee University
Last refreshed: 2 December 2017

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