Acupuncture in the Treatment of Depression

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Depressive Disorders, Depression

In brief

The current large randomized placebo-controlled trial is testing the ability of acupuncture to treat major depression. The study is unique in that treatment effects will be from the perspective of both Western psychiatry and Chinese medicine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00010517

Run by

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Starts

1997-09-01

Expected to finish

2002-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-03-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must meet criteria for Major Depression.
• Must be free of other mental or physical disorders that could cause depression, and also free from conditions that would typically exclude participants from trials involving pharmacologic antidepressants.
• Cannot be receiving other treatments or require immediate clinical attention.

Where it is running

• University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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