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The Efficacy and Mechanism of Acupuncture Treatment in Patients With Subjective Cognitive Decline

NCT03444896, Not applicable, Unknown, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Trial 10

As registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, in the graph's capture of the registry.

FieldValueSource
TitleThe Efficacy and Mechanism of Acupuncture Treatment in Patients With Subjective Cognitive DeclineClinicalTrials.gov
NCT numberNCT03444896ClinicalTrials.gov
StatusUnknownClinicalTrials.gov
PhasesNot applicableClinicalTrials.gov
Enrollment60 participants, estimatedClinicalTrials.gov
Lead sponsorBeijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese MedicineClinicalTrials.gov
ConditionsSubjective Cognitive Decline, Subjective Cognitive ComplaintClinicalTrials.gov
InterventionsAcupuncture group, Sham acupuncture groupClinicalTrials.gov
First posted2018-02-26ClinicalTrials.gov
Last updated2019-06-17ClinicalTrials.gov

Registered outcomes 6

Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.

ListOutcomeTime frameDescriptionSource
PrimaryChange in cognitive functionChanges from baseline at 12 weeks
A composite score will be computed by averaging z-scores from Animal Fluency Test, Digit Symbol Substitution Test, Trail-Making Test Parts A and B, Stroop Color Word Test C, Digit Span Test, Boston Naming Test, Clock Drawing Test and Auditory Verbal Learning Test delayed recall and delayed recognition.
ClinicalTrials.gov
SecondaryNeuroplasticity outcomebaseline and 12 weeksNeuroplasticity outcome changes are measured by structural MRI (including DTI), task functional MRI, resting state functional MRI and arterial spin labeling.ClinicalTrials.gov
OtherThe degree of complaint in cognitive declinebaseline and 12 weeksmeasured by Subjective Cognitive Decline Questionnaire.ClinicalTrials.gov
OtherThe sleep qualitybaseline and 12 weeksMeasured by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexClinicalTrials.gov
OtherThe depressive symptomsbaseline and 12 weeksMeasured by Geriatric depression scaleClinicalTrials.gov
OtherThe face recognition ability and sense of directionbaseline and 12 weeksMeasured by Face recognition questionnaire and Santa Barbara Sense of Direction scaleClinicalTrials.gov

Outcomes 0

Each outcome the trial posted results for, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.

TypeOutcomeTime framePopulationUnitsMeasured asSource

Results by group 0

Each measurement the trial posted, group by group, in the words and numbers it posted.

OutcomeGroupCategoryValueSpreadUnitsSource

Participant flow 0

How many started, completed or left each group, period by period.

PeriodMilestoneGroupParticipantsUnits countedSource

Adverse events 0

Each adverse event the trial posted, group by group: the participants affected out of those at risk.

TypeEventOrgan systemGroupAffectedAt riskEventsSource

Adverse event totals 0

The totals the trial posted for each group.

TotalGroupAffectedAt riskSource

Papers 4

The papers the trial lists on ClinicalTrials.gov.

PMIDListed asSource
31601583DERIVEDPubMed
38521736DERIVEDPubMed
40007441DERIVEDPubMed
41351443DERIVEDPubMed

Grants 0

The grants NIH RePORTER links to the trial, newest funded first: NIH's, and some of AHRQ's, CDC's, FDA's and VA's. Each shows its title, principal investigators, organization and funder in its newest year.

ProjectTitlePrincipal investigatorsOrganizationFunderFiscal yearsSource

Trial comparisons 0

Comparisons of the trial's two groups, calculated by ConductScience from the counts it posted.

ComparisonSource

Tests 9

The ConductCognition tests this trial's registered outcomes name, as ScienceGraph matched them in trial-tests-2026-11-12-0.2.1.

TestNamed asSource
Category FluencyPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Clock Drawing TaskPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Digit Span TestPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Picture Naming TestPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Stroop Color-Word TestPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Symbol CodingPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Trail Making Test APrimary outcomeConductCognition
Trail Making Test BPrimary outcomeConductCognition
Verbal LearningPrimary outcomeConductCognition

Source 5

FieldValueSource
Releasetrials-2026-11-12-0.4.0ClinicalTrials.gov
Release manifest SHA-2560f4a8d8c48aee2a7573ae0fa94ecbeab70c1adbe449bbc95c424bc7d3e97b9d4ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry capture2026-11-12ClinicalTrials.gov
Results copy, AACT2026-03-23ClinicalTrials.gov
NIH clinical studies file2026-11-13ClinicalTrials.gov

The same record as JSON

Release trials-2026-11-12-0.4.0

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ClinicalTrials.gov: none stated ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions.

NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project files: Public domain (NIH RePORTER)