Prospective

Yung Ting Yiu

Nethersole Chinese Medicine Service cum The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Training and Research Centre Tai Po, N.T.

26630004

benny.yung@ucn.org.hk

Nethersole Chinese Medicine Service cum The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Training and Research Centre

Hong Kong

ZHANG Hongwei

School of Chinese Medicine, CUHK, Shatin, N.T.

39439845

zhanghw@cuhk.edu.hk

School of Chinese Medicine

Hong Kong

針刺聯合穴位敷貼治療鼻鼽（過敏性鼻炎症狀）的隨機對照臨床試驗

Yes

2016-11-02

Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee

CRE Ref. No. 2016.452

Other

Acupuncture and/or herbal moxibustion

Traditional acupuncture treatment is applied on the following acupoints: bilateral LI20 (Yingxiang), GB20 (Fengchi), LI4 (Hegu), ST36 (Zusanli) and EX-HN3 (Yintang).
Herbal moxibustion, Tianjiu No.1 (for external use) designed by the Hospital Authority Chinese Medicine Service will be used, which is pasted on the following acupuncture points: CV14 (Dazhui), BL13 (Feishu), and BL23 (Shenshu).

Acupuncture and/or herbal paste

A total of 12 acupuncture treatment sessions (3 times a week) and/or four sessions of herbal moxibustion treatment (once a week) will be administered to the subjects in the acupuncture or acupuncture with herbal moxibustion group.

1 month

acupuncture treatment sessions (3/week); herbal moxibustion treatment (1/week)

Waiting list (no treatment)

NA

NA

NA

NA

1. Medical history: the subject has a history of allergic rhinitis, which is related to change in temperature and allergens such as pollen, dust mites, etc;

2. Clinical symptoms: the subject has the primary symptoms of nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing and nasal itchiness. Subjects must have two or more of these symptoms;

3. Aged between 18 - 65;

4. A Total Nasal Symptom Score (TNSS) ≥ 4;

5. The subject agrees to take part in this study and is fully capacitated, can express personal will and accurately describe symptoms.

1. Has undertaken Chinese medicine treatment related to allergic rhinitis over the past month;

2. Has contracted respiratory infection or acute paranasal sinusitis within the past 14 days;

3. Has a history of chronic paranasal sinusitis;

4. Has organic nasal pathological changes or has had nasal surgeries;

5. Has asthma and other respiratory attack conditions;

6. Has taken antihistamines, steroids, decongestants (used on the nose, the mouth and the eyes), antibiotics, anti-coagulant and anti-platelet agents in the past month;

7. Has undertaken specific immune treatment or systemic hormone therapy in the past year;

8. Has serious cardiac, liver, renal, cerebrovascular conditions, or neural or mental disorders, etc.;

9. Be pregnant or nursing, or planning to conceive during the course of treatment;

10. Has G6PD;

11. Has wounds at the punctured locations or diabetes mellitus.

18

65

Both Male and Female

Randomized

NA

Active

Single-blind

Investigator/research team

Parallel

Other

Pragmatic trial

To determine the clinical effectiveness of either acupuncture combined with herbal moxibustion or acupuncture alone when compared to waiting list for patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms, measured by the improvement of nasal condition, quality of life, and serum IgE level.

No