NCT03178175 is a NA clinical trial of Acupuncture in Parkinson Disease, sponsored by Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital.

Who is sponsoring NCT03178175?

NCT03178175 is sponsored by Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03178175?

Interventions in NCT03178175: Acupuncture, Needle Insertion.

What condition does NCT03178175 study?

NCT03178175 studies Parkinson Disease, Acupuncture.

Is NCT03178175 still recruiting?

NCT03178175 is currently terminated. Last updated 1 March 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-03-01 · How we verify

NCT03178175

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

Acupuncture for Management of Balance Impairment in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Terminated NA Last updated 1 March 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Acupuncture in Parkinson Disease in 4 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline

29 December 2016

Primary endpoint
1 December 2018

11 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Terminated
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	4
Start date	29 December 2016
Primary completion	1 December 2018
Estimated completion	11 December 2018
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

Acupuncture — full drug profile →
Needle Insertion

Conditions studied

Parkinson Disease — all drugs for Parkinson Disease →
Acupuncture — all drugs for Acupuncture →

Sponsor

Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

Who can join

Adults 50 to 75, any sex, with Parkinson Disease or Acupuncture. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This plan is to evaluate the effectiveness of scalp acupuncture, a modern acupuncture technique specialized to neurological disorders, in managing motor function and body balance for PD patients. This is a randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

News from the Field
· 2017

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Other Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

NCT04464941 — Oral Health Promotion Program for Persons With Severe Mental Illness · NA · completed

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 NCT03178175 (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 Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Last refreshed: 1 March 2019

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