Clinical Evaluation of Acupuncture Treatment for Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To explore the effects of combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine( Chinese acupuncture combined with Amisulpride Tablets) on negative symptoms, cognitive function and social function in patients with schizophrenia, and the side effects and safety of Chinese acupuncture combined with Amisulpride Tablets.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center
• Treatments: Amisulpride; Sulpiride; Sultopride

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• The diagnosis of schizophrenia according to International classification diagnosis-10(ICD-10)

• patients at an age between 18～60 years old of Han nationality

Exclusion Criteria:

• other psychiatric diagnoses

• Suffering from serious physical disease and can not accept the treatment

• Patients to be diagnosed according to ICD-10 for substance abused, development delayed

• Inability to sign informed consent because of capacity due due to severe mental illness, significant psychomotor agitation or slowness test completion

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