Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Tom Thayer
ORCID ID
Contact details
Senior Dental Officer
Dept of Surgical Dentistry
Ashfields Primary Care Centre
Sandbach
CW11 1EQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1270 275 151
abc@email.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0636183712
Study information
Scientific title
A pilot study using a single blind placebo controlled trial into the efficacy and specificity of the acupuncture point CV24 in controlling the gag reflex to premint dental treatment (impression taking)
Acronym
Study hypothesis
A pilot study using a single blind placebo controlled trial into the efficacy and specificity of the acupuncture point CV24 in controlling the gag reflex to premint dental treatment (impression taking).
Updated 02/09/2015: This trial did not proceed past the recruitment of the first few participants, and was abandoned due to changes in the workplace. No records were made, and no research undertaken.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Single-blind placebo-controlled pilot study
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Oral Health: Gag reflex
Intervention
RCT acupuncture versus control point.
1. Treatment group: acupuncture at point CV24
2. Control group: acupuncture at point X1.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Suppression of gag reflex
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/07/2006
Overall trial end date
01/12/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients presenting evidence of gag reflex
2. Willing to accept acupuncture
3. Treatment requires upper alignment dental impression
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
25
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients with normal gag reflex
2. Patients with known bleeding dyscrasias, but not including those who are anticoagulated
3. Patients with poor communication (language hearing difficulties)
Recruitment start date
01/07/2006
Recruitment end date
01/12/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Ashfields Primary Care Centre
Sandbach
CW11 1EQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Central Cheshire Primary Care Trust (UK)
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