SAAM acupuncture for functional dyspepsia: a pilot trial

INTERVENTION: Medical Device : A study that compares treatment efficacy of a SAAM acupuncture group and a usual care group to which acupuncture treatment was performed 12 times for 4 weeks CONDITION: Diseases of the digestive system PRIMARY OUTCOME: GIS (gastrointestinal symptom) score SECONDARY OUTCOME: FD‐QOL (functional dyspepsia‐related quality of life) scale NRS (numeric rating scale) patient global assessment INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Those who may be diagnosed with functional dyspepsia pursuant to ROME III diagnostic standard; in other words, those who have one or more symptoms among 1) to 4) without organic disease basis that can explain symptoms including esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus, cancer, erosions or ulcers in endoscopy. 1) bothersome postprandial fullness; uncomfortably full after regular sized meal, more than 1 day/week, 2) early satiation; unable to finish regular sized meal, more than 1 day/week, 3) epigastric pain; pain or burning in middle of abdomen, at least 1 day/week, 4) epigastric burning; this criterion is incorporated in the same question as epigastric pain 2. Males and females aged 20 to 65. 3. Those who have undergone the above symptoms for a minimum of three months from at least six months ago to the present time. 4. Those whose numerical rating scale was at least moderately severe for the past week during their screening visit (0‐100). 5. Th