Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Nobuari Takakura
ORCID ID
Contact details
20-1 Sakuragaoka-Machi
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
150-0031
Japan
+81 (0)3 3461 4787
takakura@hanada.ac.jp
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
DBAS
Study hypothesis
Needle penetration of acupuncture has specific analgesic effect over placebo acupuncture.
Ethics approval
Approval received from The Showa University Ethics Committee on the 24 December 1999 (ref: 65).
Study design
A crossover design with real-acupuncture and placebo-acupuncture.
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Healthy volunteers, no disease
Intervention
A placebo needle, which cannot penetrate the skin, and a real needle, which can penetrate the skin.
Intervention type
Device
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Amount of pain eliciting painful electrical stimulation on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
Secondary outcome measures
Intensity of needle sensations on a VAS.
Overall trial start date
01/07/2000
Overall trial end date
01/07/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Healthy volunteers familiar with acupuncture treatment.
Participant type
Healthy volunteer
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
50
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Unhealty volunteers
2. Healthy volunteers unfamiliar with acupuncture treatment
Recruitment start date
01/07/2000
Recruitment end date
01/07/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Trial participating centre
20-1 Sakuragaoka-Machi
Tokyo
150-0031
Japan
Sponsor information
Organisation
Hanada College (Japan)
Sponsor details
20-1 Sakuragaoka-Machi
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo
150-0031
Japan
+81 (0)3 3461 4787
takakura@hanada.ac.jp
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Hanada College (Japan)
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