# Acupuncture for Female IC/PBSyndrome and Its Effect on the Urinary Microbiome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT02232282** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Loyola University** · enrollment: 22 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Painful Bladder Syndrome
- Interstitial Cystitis

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** standard acupuncture treatment
- **DEVICE:** Control Sham/Minimal Acupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02232282
- **Lead sponsor:** Loyola University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-10
- **Primary completion:** 2017-08-16
- **Final completion:** 2017-08-16
- **Target enrollment:** 22 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-04-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02232282

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02232282, "Acupuncture for Female IC/PBSyndrome and Its Effect on the Urinary Microbiome: A Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02232282. Licensed CC0.

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