Electro-acupuncture reduced steatosis on MRI-PDFF in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized controlled pilot clinical trial.
Jingjie ZhaoQianyi WangXinyu ZhaoLina WuJuanjuan LiWen ZhangShuai XuChaoru HanYi DuXiaofei TongWeijia DuanDi CaoHao RenXinyan ZhaoXiaojuan OuJidong JiaHong YouPublished in: Chinese medicine (2023)
Twelve weeks of EA effectively and safely reduces relative liver fat content in NASH patients. Further multicenter randomized controlled studies are needed. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR2100046617. Registered 23 May 2021, http://www.chictr.org.cn/edit.aspx?pid=127023&htm=4.
Keyphrases
- clinical trial
- double blind
- phase ii
- phase iii
- study protocol
- open label
- end stage renal disease
- placebo controlled
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- insulin resistance
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- liver injury
- fatty acid
- high fat diet
- computed tomography
- high resolution
- cross sectional
- gestational age
- patient reported
- case control
- drug induced
- high fat diet induced