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Acupuncture vs. UTIs: new trial tests needle therapy to stop infections

NCT ID NCT07507851

Prevention Sponsor: Yanjun Zhang, Baoyan Liu Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether electroacupuncture can prevent recurrent lower urinary tract infections in women. Over 300 participants will receive either real or sham electroacupuncture for 6 months, tracking infection episodes and antibiotic use. The goal is to see if this needle-based therapy offers a safe, non-drug way to reduce UTI recurrences.

What this could mean

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Active substance
electroacupuncture
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a drug-free option to prevent recurrent UTIs in women, reducing the need for antibiotics.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage trial with no results yet. The sham comparison may show no benefit, and individual responses to acupuncture vary.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 312 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Apr 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Mar 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 75 years

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female patients aged 18-75 years; 2. Meeting the diagnostic criteria for recurrent lower urinary tract infections; 3. No acute lower urinary tract infections at enrollment; 4. Voluntary participation in this trial and signed informed consent. Only patients who meet all the above inclusion criteria can be enrolled in the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Currently receiving prophylactic antibiotics for lower urinary tract infection; 2. Abnormal urinary tract anatomy (e.g., urinary calculi); 3. Complicated or neurogenic genitourinary disorders, such as spinal cord injury, cauda equina injury, active pelvic inflammatory disease, active vaginitis, overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis; 4. Requiring urinary catheterization; 5. HIV infection, long-term use of immunosuppressants, infection with multidrug-resistant organisms, or uncontrolled diabetes mellitus; 6. Pelvic organ prolapses of grade 2 or above; 7. Post-void residual urine volume \> 100 ml measured by B-ultrasound; 8. Lactating, pregnant, or planning to conceive within the next 6 months; 9. Implantation of a cardiac pacemaker; 10. Malignant tumor; severe cardiac, pulmonary, cerebral, hepatic, renal, or hematological diseases, mental illness, or significant cognitive impairment; 11. Previous history of electroacupuncture treatment; 12. Subjects with potential poor compliance (e.g., living far from the hospital). Patients meeting any of the above exclusion criteria shall not be enrolled in the study.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Recurrence urinary tract infection

As listed by the trial registrant

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Electroacupuncture Randomized controlled trial (RCT) Recurrent Urinary tract infections

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Tianjin, China

  • Guang' anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

    Beijing, China

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