17 not yet recruiting, 16 recruiting, 15 unknown, 8 completed. 52 Not applicable, 5 Phase 3, 1 Phase 1, 1 Phase 2.
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| Trial | Phase | Status | Sponsor | Enrollment | Start | Updated |
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| Electroacupuncture for Cognitive Toxicity in Cancer Survivors: Assessing Implementation, Cost, and Effectiveness for Integration True electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment | Phase 3 | Not yet recruiting | National Cancer Centre, Singapore | 168 | 2026-07-01 | 2026-05-13 |
| Effectiveness of Electroacupuncture at Xuanzhong (GB39) and Tongli (HT5) Points in Post-Stroke Aphasia Electroacupuncture, Basic treatment + Speech therapy, Sham Electroacupuncture - Post-stroke Aphasia, PSA | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City | 30 | 2026-07-01 | 2026-07-06 |
| Early Electroacupuncture for Post-TURP LUTS Electroacupuncture, Sham Electroacupuncture - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Zhongda Hospital | 144 | 2026-07-01 | 2026-07-30 |
| Electroacupuncture for Preventing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Advanced Cancer True electroacupuncture, True thumbtack needle, Sham electroacupuncture - Electroacupuncture, Chemotherapy | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University | 264 | 2026-05-25 | 2026-06-12 |
| Electroacupuncture for Preventing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients With Early-stage Cancer True electroacupuncture, True thumbtack needle, Sham electroacupuncture - Electroacupuncture, Chemotherapy | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University | 278 | 2026-05-25 | 2026-06-23 |
| Electroacupuncture for Insomnia in Patients With Chronic Sciatica Due to Lumbar Disc Herniation: a Randomized Controlled Trial Electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - Sciatica, Lumbar Disc Herniation | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital | 114 | 2026-05-01 | 2026-05-08 |
| Electroacupuncture on Neck Muscle Stiffness in Chronic Neck Pain Electroacupuncture, Sham Electroacupuncture - Chronic Neck Pain | Not applicable | Recruiting | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 66 | 2026-05-01 | 2026-08-24 |
| Clinical Study of Electroacupuncture for Postoperative Gastroparesis in Patients With Digestive Tract Tumors Electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - PGS | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 76 | 2026-04-14 | 2026-04-22 |
| Electroacupuncture Plus 5-HT3 Receptor Inhibitor for PONV Prevention in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Surgery Prophylactic administration of dolasetron, Electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - PONV | Not applicable | Recruiting | Shanghai Chest Hospital | 204 | 2026-04-07 | 2026-04-13 |
| Effect of Acupuncture on Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster in Breast Cancer Survivors electroacupuncture, sham electroacupuncture - Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster(Pain, Insomnia, Anxiety, Fatigue, Depression, Subjective Cognitive Decline), Pain | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 228 | 2026-04-01 | 2026-03-19 |
| Electroacupuncture for the Prevention of Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Women Electroacupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - Urinary Tract Infections, Recurrent | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Yanjun Zhang, Baoyan Liu | 312 | 2026-04-01 | 2026-04-02 |
| The Alternative Effects of Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Carbarmazepine, Sham Electroacupuncture, Carbarmazepine Placebo - Trigeminal Neuralgia | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Yuanyuan Wu | 126 | 2026-03-01 | 2026-03-05 |
| Key Technical Research on the Treatment of Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment With Brain Electric Field Therapy Based on Acupoint Regulation True Electroacupuncture, Sham Electroacupuncture - Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine | 110 | 2026-02-10 | 2026-02-20 |
| A Prospective Evaluation of Early Acupuncture for Immediate Continence Enhancement After Prostatectomy Electroacupuncture, Sham Electroacupuncture - Prostate Cancer, Urinary Incontinence | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Bin Xu | 144 | 2025-12-01 | 2025-11-20 |
| Electroacupuncture Combined With PD-1 Inhibitor for ECOG2 Advanced NSCLC Electroacupuncture (EA), Sham electroacupuncture - Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Electroacupuncture | Not applicable | Recruiting | Kong Fanming | 120 | 2025-11-30 | 2025-11-20 |
| Electroacupuncture for Improving Urinary Incontinence After Radical Prostatectomy Electroacupuncture, Sham Electroacupuncture - Prostate Cancer | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 216 | 2025-11-25 | 2025-11-24 |
| Electroacupuncture Treatment for Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment Acupuncture - Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment (PSCI) | Not applicable | Recruiting | Ruijie Ma | 340 | 2025-10-05 | 2025-12-17 |
| Electro-acupuncture for SCD With Depression "TXJN" electro-acupuncture, Sham electroacupuncture - Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD), Depression Disorder | Not applicable | Active not recruiting | The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School | 86 | 2025-10-01 | 2026-01-20 |
| Acupuncture for Anxiety/Depression in Patients With Breast Cancer Electroacupuncture group, Sham electroacupuncture - Anxiety Depression, Breast Cancer | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences | 360 | 2025-09-15 | 2025-09-24 |
| Electroacupuncture for Chemotherapy-Induced GI Symptom Clusters in Breast Cancer electroacupuncture, standard quadruple antiemetic therapy, sham electroacupuncture - Standard Quadruple Antiemetic Therapy, Electroacupuncture | Phase 3 | Recruiting | Jiuda Zhao | 388 | 2025-08-21 | 2026-07-10 |
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Breast Neoplasms (5) · Stroke (4) · Urinary Incontinence (3) · Anxiety Disorders (2) · Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung (2) · Depression (2) · Intervertebral Disc Displacement (2) · Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (2) · Nausea (2) · Pain (2) · Peripheral Nervous System Diseases (2) · Prostatic Hyperplasia (2) · Prostatic Neoplasms (2) · Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders (2) · Trigeminal Neuralgia (2)
Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (13) · Kyunghee University (3) · Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University (2) · Cancer Institute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (2) · First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2) · Jiuda Zhao (2) · Kong Fanming (2) · Shanghai Yueyang Integrated Medicine Hospital (2) · The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (2) · Yuanyuan Wu (2) · Bin Xu (1) · China Medical University, Taiwan (1) · Feixue Song (1) · Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1) · Kaiyang Zheng (1)
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