Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Review Article

Analysis of the Registration Information on Interventions of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Trials in the International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Table 7

The characteristic information of clinical trials of acupuncture-moxibustion in WHO ICTRP.


	Number of needle insertions per subject per session (mean and range where relevant) (%)	Names (or location if no standard name) of points used (uni/bilateral) (%)	Depth of insertion, based on a specified unit of measurement, or on a particular tissue level (%)	Response sought (e.g., de qi or muscle twitch response) (%)	Needle stimulation (e.g., manual, electrical) (%)	Needle retention time (%)	Needle type (diameter, length, and manufacturer or material) (%)	Number of treatment sessions (%)	Frequency and duration of treatment sessions (%)	Total number

Platform
ANZCTR	0	5 (41.7)	0	2 (16.7)	7 (58.3)	7 (58.3)	9 (75.0)	4 (33.3)	7 (58.3)	12
ChiCTR	2 (1.9)	18 (17.0)	2 (1.9)	4 (3.8)	35 (33.01)	12 (11.3)	5 (4.7)	6 (5.7)	9 (8.5)	106
CRIS	5 (16.7)	23 (76.7)	6 (20.0)	5 (16.7)	8 (26.7)	16 (53.3)	17 (56.7)	13 (43.3)	25 (83.3)	30
Clinical Trials.gov	12 (6.0)	93 (46.3)	37 (18.4)	23 (11.4)	75 (37.3)	85 (42.3)	82 (40.8)	56 (27.9)	90 (44.8)	201
CTRI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1 (100.0)	1
RPCEC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DRKS	0	0	0	0	1 (20.0)	1 (20.0)	2 (40.0)	2 (40.0)	2 (40.0)	5
IRCT	1 (4.8)	11 (52.3)	1 (4.8)	0	1 (4.8)	11 (52.3)	3 (14.3)	2 (9.5)	8 (38.1)	21
ISRCTN.org	0	9 (52.9)	4 (23.5)	3 (17.6)	2 (11/8)	5 (29.4)	4 (23.5)	5 (29.4)	11 (64.7)	17
JPRN	0	3 (16.7)	0	0	6 (33.3)	1 (5.6)	0	2 (11.1)	2 (11.1)	18
PAC-TR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	1
SLCTR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NTR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ReBec	1 (16.7)	4	0	0	2 (33.3)	4 (66.7)	1 (16.7)	4 (66.7)	4 (66.7)	6
EU-CTR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TCTR	0	3 (50.0)	0	1 (16.7)	1 (16.7)	2 (33.3)	3 (50.0)	0	2 (33.3)	6
Countries of recruitment
China	3 (1.6)	65 (34.8)	20 (10.7)	15 (8.0)	74 (39.6)	55 (29.4)	32 (17.1)	30 (16.0)	60 (32.1)
United States	7 (14.0)	14 (28.0)	2 (4.0)	1 (2.0)	11 (22.0)	13 (26.0)	23 (46.0)	17 (34.0)	21 (42.0)	50
Korea	7 (14.9)	36 (76.6)	12 (25.5)	8 (17.0)	17 (36.2)	25 (53.2)	25 (53.2)	18 (38.3)	35 (76.6)	47
Other countries	3 (2.5)	43 (35.8)	12 (10.0)	10 (8.3)	30 (25.0)	41 (34.2)	38 (31.7)	26 (21.7)	37 (30.8)	120
Unclear	1 (4.8)	11 (52.4)	4 (19.0)	4 (19.0)	6 (28.6)	11 (52.4)	8 (38.1)	4 (19.0)	9 (42.9)	21
Total	21 (4.9)	169 (39.8)	50 (11.8)	38 (8.9)	138 (32.5)	145 (34.1)	126 (29.6)	95 (22.4)	162 (38.1)	425

Including Hongkong and Taiwan.