Acupuncture and osteopathic medicine for atopic dermatitis: a three-armed, randomized controlled explorative clinical trial.

Gabriele RotterMoritz W AhnertAnne V GeueKatja IckeSylvia BintingTatjana Tissen-DiabatéStephanie RollMiriam OrtizThomas ReinholdBenjamin KassDoris StaabFlorian PfabStefan N WillichBenno Brinkhaus

Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology (2022)

Although no differences in disease severity were found, our findings indicate that ACU might reduce itching in patients with AD. Furthermore, ACU and OM showed a trend towards reducing TCS use.

Keyphrases

atopic dermatitis
double blind
clinical trial
open label
phase ii
phase iii
placebo controlled
study protocol
randomized controlled trial