Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture: The STRICTA Recommendations

MacPherson, Hugh; White, Adrian; Cummings, Mike; Jobst, K; Rose, K. G.; Niemtzow, Richard C.

doi:10.1089/107555302753507212

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“…Reporting standards do not guarantee that the therapy was used appropriately, but they at least allow determination of what was done. One such set of reporting standards are the STRICTA recommendations for acupuncture [88]. Of the four full evaluations of acupuncture, two (one of which was included in Table 5[32]) met STRICTA reporting standards.…”

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Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review

Herman

Craig

Caspi

2005

BMC Complement Altern Med

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BackgroundOut-of-pocket expenditures of over $34 billion per year in the US are an apparent testament to a widely held belief that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies have benefits that outweigh their costs. However, regardless of public opinion, there is often little more than anecdotal evidence on the health and economic implications of CAM therapies. The objectives of this study are to present an overview of economic evaluation and to expand upon a previous review to examine the current scope and quality of CAM economic evaluations.MethodsThe data sources used were Medline, AMED, Alt-HealthWatch, and the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Citation Index; January 1999 to October 2004. Papers that reported original data on specific CAM therapies from any form of standard economic analysis were included. Full economic evaluations were subjected to two types of quality review. The first was a 35-item checklist for reporting quality, and the second was a set of four criteria for study quality (randomization, prospective collection of economic data, comparison to usual care, and no blinding).ResultsA total of 56 economic evaluations (39 full evaluations) of CAM were found covering a range of therapies applied to a variety of conditions. The reporting quality of the full evaluations was poor for certain items, but was comparable to the quality found by systematic reviews of economic evaluations in conventional medicine. Regarding study quality, 14 (36%) studies were found to meet all four criteria. These exemplary studies indicate CAM therapies that may be considered cost-effective compared to usual care for various conditions: acupuncture for migraine, manual therapy for neck pain, spa therapy for Parkinson's, self-administered stress management for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, pre- and post-operative oral nutritional supplementation for lower gastrointestinal tract surgery, biofeedback for patients with "functional" disorders (eg, irritable bowel syndrome), and guided imagery, relaxation therapy, and potassium-rich diet for cardiac patients.ConclusionWhereas the number and quality of economic evaluations of CAM have increased in recent years and more CAM therapies have been shown to be of good value, the majority of CAM therapies still remain to be evaluated.

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Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review

Herman

Craig

Caspi

2005

BMC Complement Altern Med

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121

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“…Our protocol was based on experts' recommendations for acupuncture RCT, which follow CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) guidelines for the specific requirements of acupuncture studies (13,14). The homogeneous group of patients and comparable nociceptive field of AKA, supported by a priori assessed expected post-operative pain intensity, were well suited to so-called formulaic AA.…”

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Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief after Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy—A Pilot Study

Usichenko

Hermsen

Witstruck

et al. 2005

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Auricular acupuncture (AA) is effective in treating various pain conditions, but there have been no analyses of AA for the treatment of pain after ambulatory knee surgery. We assessed the range of analgesic requirements under AA after ambulatory knee arthroscopy. Twenty patients randomly received a true AA procedure (Lung, Shenmen and Knee points) or sham procedure (three non-acupuncture points on the auricular helix) before ambulatory knee arthroscopy. Permanent press AA needles were retained in situ for one day after surgery. Post-operative pain was treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ibuprofen, and weak oral opioid tramadol was used for rescue analgesic medication. The quantity of post-operative analgesics and pain intensity were used to assess the effect of AA. The incidence of analgesia-related side effects, time to discharge from the anesthesia recovery room, heart rate and blood pressure were also recorded. Ibuprofen consumption after surgery in the AA group was lower than in the control group: median 500 versus 800 mg, P = 0.043. Pain intensity on a 100 mm visual analogue scale for pain measurement and other parameters were similar in both groups. Thus AA might be useful in reducing the post-operative analgesic requirement after ambulatory knee arthroscopy.

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“…Acupuncture was performed by acupuncturist Dr Myung, who had been trained for 4 years at the Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center; 0.25 Â 30 mm soft, spring handle needles (DONG BANG Acupuncture Inc., Chungnam, Korea) were used in same point. The acupuncture provider followed STRICTA guidelines [17]. There was no specific needle stimulation technique and specific response obtained.…”

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Ameliorative effect of purple bamboo salt-pharmaceutical acupuncture on cisplatin-induced ototoxicity

Myung

Choi

Jeong

et al. 2010

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

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When it was acupunctured at the Ermen acupoint (triple energizer meridian 21) after an administration of cisplatin, PBS-pharmaceutical acupuncture significantly suppressed interleukin (IL)-6 production and caspase-3 activation induced by cisplatin in the cochlea. In addition, PBS significantly inhibited cisplatin-induced apoptosis and IL-6 production in HEI-OC1 cells. PBS also suppressed cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation, and it inhibited extracellular signal-related kinase and nuclear factor-κB activation in HEI-OC1 cells.

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Standards for Reporting Interventions in Controlled Trials of Acupuncture: The STRICTA Recommendations

Cited by 254 publications

References 5 publications

Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review

Is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) cost-effective? a systematic review

Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief after Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy—A Pilot Study

Ameliorative effect of purple bamboo salt-pharmaceutical acupuncture on cisplatin-induced ototoxicity

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