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NCT05753137
Acupuncture as Adjuvant Therapy for Glaucoma - Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
NA trial testing Acupuncture in Glaucoma in 50 participants. Currently enrolling.
27 June 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | China Medical University Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 50 |
| Start date | 28 June 2023 |
| Primary completion | 27 June 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 27 June 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across Taiwan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Acupuncture — full drug profile →
- Acupuncture placebo
Conditions studied
- Glaucoma — all drugs for Glaucoma →
- Acupuncture — all drugs for Acupuncture →
- Intraocular Pressure — all drugs for Intraocular Pressure →
Sponsor
China Medical University Hospital
Who can join
20 and older, any sex, with Glaucoma or Acupuncture. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This clinical trial used acupuncture as an adjunctive treatment for glaucoma patients. A randomized, controlled trial involving 50 subjects will be conducted and observed for 12 weeks to evaluate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture. This study aims to provide a reference for future clinical treatment guidelines.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Acupuncture as Adjuvant Therapy for Glaucoma: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Liao YF, Lee YC, Lin HJ, Shao YC. · · 2024 · cited 4× · PMID 39378079 · DOI 10.2196/57888
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT05753137
- Europe PMC full search
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- ESMO Meeting Library
- bioRxiv preprints
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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)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05753137 (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 China Medical University Hospital
- Last refreshed: 3 July 2024
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