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Laser Meridian Massage in Heroin Addicts

Taiwan30 participantsStarted 2019-02-26

Plain-language summary

A case-controlled study is conducted to investigate the effect of adjuvant laser meridian massage in heroin addicts with methadone treatment and establish the model of laser meridian massage treatment for drug addiction.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 70 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Provide informed consent * Male older than 20 years * Diagnosed with opioid use disorder according to DSM-5 and received methadone treatment more than 1 month Exclusion Criteria: * Received Antidepressant or antipsychotic * Received Chinese herb or acupuncture treatment during last 30 days * Critical illness * Did not meet the physician's assessment for recruitment * Patients with Human immunodeficiency virus infection * Did not provide informed consent

What they're measuring

Heroin use

Timeframe: 2 weeks of treatment

Heroin use

Timeframe: 4 weeks of treatment

Urine morphine

Timeframe: 2 weeks of treatment

Urine morphine

Timeframe: 4 weeks of treatment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04003077

SponsorChang Gung Memorial Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-04-16

Contact for this trial

Cheng-Yi Chang

+886-3-3196200 ccyi@cgmh.org.tw

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