Manual Acupuncture (MA) for Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia (HUA)

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Asymptomatic Hyperuricemia

In brief

Assess the effectiveness of manual acupuncture in modulating serum uric acid levels among patients diagnosed with asymptomatic hyperuricemia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06824376

Run by

Shenghao Tu

People needed

260

Starts

2025-03-25

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• With serum uric acid (SUA) level >7 mg/dL after 1 month of a low-purine diet.
• No history of gouty arthritis.
• Has not received uric acid-lowering drug treatment or stopped uric acid- lowering drug treatment ≥ 12 weeks.
• 18.5kg/m2 ≤ body mass index (BMI) ≤ 30.0 kg/m2.
• Can write informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with poorly controlled hypertension: systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 160mmHg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ≥ 100 mmHg.
• Patients with poorly controlled diabetes (hemoglobin A1c ≥ 8.4%).
• Patients with severe liver and kidney damage: chronic kidney disease (CKD) ≥ stage 2 or a serum creatinine, urea, alanine, or aspartate aminotransferase level more than twice of the upper limit.
• Patients with blood system diseases, such as acute and chronic leukemia, polycythemia, multiple myeloma, hemolytic anemia, lymphoma, or undergoing chemotherapy for multiple solid tumors.
• Patients with stroke, coronary heart disease, or severe neuropsychological diseases.
• Patients who are pregnant.
• Illiterate or unwilling to accept acupuncture treatment.

Where it is running

• Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology — Wuhan, Hubei, China (enrolling)

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