Acupuncture and Moxa: A Randomized Clinical Trial for Chronic Diarrhea in HIV Patients

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: HIV Infections

In brief

The objective of this study is to test alternative treatment strategies to reduce the frequency of chronic diarrhea among HIV positive individuals. 60 percent of patients with HIV disease in the U.S. will have diarrhea at some point in their illness. Although in general many of the opportunistic infections (OI's) associated with HIV have decreased due to new "drug cocktails", many of these drugs, however, have diarrhea as a side effect. In Asian countries, acupuncture (including moxibustion) has been widely used for the treatment of various gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. However, there are no published studies that test treatment protocols using acupuncture or moxibustion on patients with HIV experiencing chronic diarrhea.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00010491

Run by

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Starts

1999-09-01

Expected to finish

2003-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-03-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• HIV seropositive experiencing non-pathogen related diarrhea 3 or more times per 24 hours for a period of 3 weeks or more.
• Able to speak and read English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women

Where it is running

• Columbia University — New York, New York, United States

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