# Effectiveness and Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture for Drug Resistant Epilepsy

> **NCT04673071** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Epilepsy, Drug Resistant
- Acupuncture Therapy

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Thread Embedding Acupuncture (TEA)
- **OTHER:** Sham-TEA (STEA)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04673071
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2020-11-17
- **Primary completion:** 2022-07
- **Final completion:** 2022-11
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04673071

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04673071, "Effectiveness and Safety of Thread Embedding Acupuncture for Drug Resistant Epilepsy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04673071. Licensed CC0.

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