An interventional study of Acupunture in Cognitive Deficits and Alzheimer Disease, sponsored by N & S Neurology Center, A Medical Group, Inc. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 60 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-10-12.
Sponsored by N & S Neurology Center, A Medical Group, Inc · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Evaluate cognitive improvement pre amd post acupuncture treatment in patients with probable alzheimer's dementia as measured by MOCA score and also per form A( measure of patient's personal information). Also caregiver input.
Patient's with diagnosis of probable mild to moderate AD will be enrolled in this study. Patient will undergo neurological examination including MOCA. Examiner will also fill out Form A at the time of initial evaluation.
Patient will then undergo series of acupuncture treatments 2 per week for 6 weeks(12 acupuncture treatment). At end of this intervention patients will be reassessed using same testing(MOCA and form A) Data collected will be assessed via statistical analysis to see if there is any statistically significant improvement.
Acupuncture points used in this trial will stay the same for all subjects and throughout the course. The points will be Si Shen Chong, ST36, 37, LV 2,3,6, GB 34, 39, Xia San Huang, LI 11, LI 4.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Acupuncture 12 sessions over 6 week to be given to pateints
Procedure: Acupunture
Patient will receive 12 acupuncture treatments over 6 weeks (2x per week)
Improvement on Montreal Cognitive Assessment test of 5 points or more than baseline( total score is out of 30 points)
Subject will complete 3 MOCA assessment prior to study over 1 week time. Best score of three is used. After study is complete subject will also undergo 3 MOCA assessment over 1 week immediately after study. Again best score is used.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Improvement of Montreal Cognitive Assessment test by category than raw total score
performance on various subcategory will also be reviewed to see if one category improves over other category. (Example: Visual-spacial parameters improves over language)
Time frame: 12 weeks
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