About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if electroacupuncture works to prevent recurrent lower urinary tract infections in female patients. It will also learn about the safety of electroacupuncture. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Does electroacupuncture reduce the attacks of acute recurrent urinary tract infections in women? 2. What medical problems do participants have when taking electroacupuncture?
Researchers will compare electroacupuncture to sham electroacupuncture to assess if electroacupuncture works to prevent recurrent lower urinary tract infections.
Participants will:
1. Take electroacupuncture or sham electroacupuncture for 30 minutes per session over a 6-month period. During the first month, treatment was administered 3 times weekly (once every other day); the second month, 2 times weekly (once every 2-3 days); and the 3-6 month, once monthly. 2. Visit the hospital at the end of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th months for follow-up evaluations. 3. Keep a diary of their symptoms and the number of times they use an antibiotic.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Female patients aged 18-75 years;
Meeting the diagnostic criteria for recurrent lower urinary tract infections;
No acute lower urinary tract infections at enrollment;
Voluntary participation in this trial and signed informed consent. Only patients who meet all the above inclusion criteria can be enrolled in the study.
Disqualifiers
Currently receiving prophylactic antibiotics for lower urinary tract infection;
Abnormal urinary tract anatomy (e.g., urinary calculi);
Complicated or neurogenic genitourinary disorders, such as spinal cord injury, cauda equina injury, active pelvic inflammatory disease, active vaginitis, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis;
Requiring urinary catheterization;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Electroacupuncture
- Sham electroacupuncture
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Yanjun Zhang, Baoyan Liu
Lead sponsor
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sponsor institution
Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Collaborator