Acupuncture for Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID) Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

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Conditions studied: Long Covid19, Neuropsychiatric Symptom, Acupuncture

In brief

In this study, a 12-week pragmatic, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of long Covid neuropsychiatric symptoms and provide reference for clinical non-drug treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06633666

Run by

Hong Kong Baptist University

People needed

160

Starts

2023-07-30

Expected to finish

2026-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• meet the clinical diagnosis of Long COVID by the World Health Organization (WHO), with no neuropsychiatric symptoms 1 year before infection with Covid-19, and continue to have at least one neuropsychiatric symptom for 2 months after SARS-CoV-2 turned negative 3 months above;
• aged 12 to 80 years;
• willing and able to consent, and complete all assessment and study procedures

You may not qualify if…

• patients with a history of chronic neuropsychiatric symptoms;
• cardiovascular diseases pre-existing to the Covid-19 episode such as arrhythmia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and patients with cardiac pacemakers;
• documented pre-existing history of psychiatric illness, including substance abuse;
• suicidal tendencies (attempted suicide in the 12 months before the study);
• any chronic or remote neurological disorder (i.e. stroke, head trauma, epilepsy, tumor);
• those who participated in other clinical trials within one month;
• pregnant or lactating female patients;
• have surgery within two months before the study or will have a scheduled surgery during the study;
• acute brain injury or acute encephalopathy from another etiology than Covid-19 (e.g., sepsis, liver or renal failure, alcohol or drug withdrawal, drug toxicity);
• open-heart cardiac surgery or cardiac arrest during the last 6 months;
• patients who received acupuncture treatment 1 month before the start of the study;
• patients who were unable to complete the assessment during screening due to severe mental, cognitive, or emotional impairment

Where it is running

• Linda Zhong — Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong (enrolling)

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