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NCT05890508
Electro-acupuncture for Long Covid Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
NA trial testing Acupuncture in Long Covid19 in 150 participants. Currently enrolling.
31 January 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Hong Kong Baptist University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | triple |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 150 |
| Start date | 1 March 2024 |
| Primary completion | 31 January 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 April 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Hong Kong |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Acupuncture — full drug profile →
- Sham-acupuncture
Conditions studied
- Long Covid19 — all drugs for Long Covid19 →
- Neuropsychiatric Symptoms — all drugs for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms →
- Electro-acupuncture — all drugs for Electro-acupuncture →
Sponsor
Hong Kong Baptist University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 80, any sex, with Long Covid19 or Neuropsychiatric Symptoms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
In this study, a 16-week randomized, sham-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial will be conducted to to investigate the efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture compared to sham acupuncture for treatment of long covid neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Acupuncture for cognitive functions in post-COVID-19 condition: study protocol of a three-armed, randomized controlled trial with multimodal MRI.
Luo T, Luo Y, Liu D, Jin H, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42136829 · DOI 10.3389/fmed.2026.1796351 -
Electro-acupuncture for long COVID neuropsychiatric symptoms: study protocol for a prospective, randomized sham-controlled, patient-assessor-blinded clinical trial.
Wei DJ, Chow CW, Cheung WYH, Yeung WF, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40978720 · DOI 10.3389/fmed.2025.1620288
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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 NCT05890508 (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 Hong Kong Baptist University
- Last refreshed: 7 May 2024
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