Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Dedra Buchwald
ORCID ID
Contact details
University of Washington
Center for Clinical and Epidemiological Research
1730 Minor Ave.
Suite 1760
Seattle
98101
United States of America
+1 206 543 2260, +1 206 341 4439
dedra@u.washington.edu
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
NCT00051428
Protocol/serial number
R21 AT001075
Study information
Scientific title
Reiki for the treatment of fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Fibromyalgia (FM)
Intervention
One hundred Reiki-naive FM patients will participate in an 8-week trial. Patients will be randomized into one of two Reiki groups (direct-contact and distant Reiki) or one of two control groups (sham and placebo). Patients will receive either Reiki or placebo 16 times during the course of the study.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
28/02/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Male or Female, aged 18-75 with Fibromyalgia
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
100
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
28/02/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United States of America
Trial participating centre
University of Washington
Seattle
98101
United States of America
Sponsor information
Organisation
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - USA
Sponsor details
6707 Democracy Blvd room 401
Bethesda
20892-5475
United States of America
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - USA
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2008 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18991519 (added 25/01/2019)