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  • Protocol summary

    Patients aged 18 to 60 with mild and moderate asthma who refer to the medical centers of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, during the implementation of the research project, who are referred on an outpatient basis during the project, by the above doctor. The lung specialty is confirmed by history and clinical examination and they are introduced to the researcher to carry out the project. First, the criteria for entering and exiting the study are checked in the patients and if they have the necessary conditions to enter the study, an informed consent form is obtained.
    Patients aged 18 to 60 years with mild to moderate asthma who refer to the medical centers of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd, who refer to the research project as an outpatient during the implementation of the project, are confirmed by a pulmonary specialist through a history and clinical examination and are introduced to the researcher for the project. Firstly, the study exclusion and exclusion criteria are reviewed, and if a patient meets the eligibility criteria, they are entered into the study and informed consent is obtained from them.
    Shahid Rahnamun Hospital
    Shahid Rahnamun Hospital and Hazrat Fatemeh Al-Zahra Hospital
    بیمارستان شهید رهنمون
    بیمارستان شهید رهنمون و بیمارستان حضرت فاطمه الزهرا
    Intervention group: Undergoing treatment with warm cupping twice in the first week, 3 days apart. Control group: Treated with common asthma medications including bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids
    Control group: Received routine treatment for asthma, including bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids Intervention group: Received routine treatment like the control group, plus warm cupping twice in the first week, 3 days apart.
    گروه مداخله: تحت درمان با بادکش 2 بار در هفته اول به فاصله 3 روز. گروه کنترل: تحت درمان با داروهای رايج آسم شامل برونکوديالتور وکورتيکوييدهای استنشاقی
    گروه کنترل: درمان با داروهای رايج آسم شامل برونکوديالتور وکورتيکوييدهای استنشاقی گروه مداخله: درمان معمول با داروهای آسم به علاوه بادکش درمانی، 2 بار در هفته اول به فاصله 3 روز.
    Number of shortness of breath per week; the amount of salbutamol spray; asthma control rate; exacerbation of asthma
    Number of shortness of breath per week The amount of salbutamol spray Asthma control rate Exacerbation of asthma
  • General information

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    تصحیح برخی از اشتباهات نگارشی
    Investigating the effect of hot fan on the clinical symptoms of asthma in adults aged 18-60
    The effect of warm cupping on the symptoms of asthma in adults aged 18-60
    Mild to moderate asthma
    Age 18-60 years
    Willingness to use ventilator therapy
    Having a stable hemodynamic physical condition
    Mild to moderate asthma
    Age 18-60 years
    Willingness to use warm cupping therapy
    Having a stable hemodynamic physical condition
    Pregnancy
    Breastfeeding
    Chronic heart disease
    Patients who decide to withdraw from the study by personal request
    Inability to express the severity of symptoms
    Inability to express the severity of symptoms
    Pregnancy
    Breastfeeding
    Chronic heart disease
    Patients who decide to withdraw from the study by personal request
    Inability to express the severity of symptoms
    The patient requires hospitalization
    Individual randomization: People who enter the study alternately and one in between and without considering gender in the control and intervention groups.
    Individual randomization: People who enter the study are randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups, one at a time, regardless of gender.
  • Recruitment centers

    #1
    Name of recruitment center - English: Shahid Rahnamun Hospital
    Name of recruitment center - Persian: بیمارستان شهید رهنمون
    Full name of responsible person - English: Lily Barzegar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگر
    Street address - English: Farrokhi St
    Street address - Persian: خیابان فرخی
    City - English: YAZD
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814399
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Fax: +98 35 3626 0001
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:
    Name of recruitment center - English: Shahid Rahnemoun Hospital
    Name of recruitment center - Persian: بیمارستان شهید رهنمون
    Full name of responsible person - English: Leili Barzegari
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگری
    Street address - English: Emergency Alley, Farrokhi Street, Yazd Province, Shahid Beheshti Square, Yazd
    Street address - Persian: استان یزد یزد میدان شهید بهشتی، خیابان فرخی،، کوچه اورژانس
    City - English: Yazd
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814396
    Phone: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax:
    Email: Leylabarzegari1346@gmail.com
    Web page address: https://rahnemoon.ssu.ac.ir/
  • Sponsors / Funding sources

    #1

    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Lily Barzegar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگر
    Street address - English: Farrokhi St
    Street address - Persian: خیابان فرخی
    City - English: YAZD
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Fax: +98 35 3626 0001
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:

    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: امیرهوشنگ مهرپرور
    Street address - English: Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
    Street address - Persian: استان یزد یزد میدان شهید بهشتی، خیابان فرخی،، کوچه اورژانس
    City - English: Yazd
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Fax: +98 35 3626 0001
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address: https://medicine.ssu.ac.ir
  • Person responsible for general inquiries


    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Lily Barzegar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگر
    Position - English: Medical Doctor
    Position - Persian: پزشک
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Farrokhi St
    Street address - Persian: خیابان فرخی
    City - English: YAZD
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax: +98 35 3626 0001
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:

    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Leili Barzegari
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگری
    Position - English: Ph.D candidate
    Position - Persian: دانشجوی دکترا
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
    Street address - Persian: استان یزد یزد میدان شهید بهشتی، خیابان فرخی،، کوچه اورژانس
    City - English: Yazd
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax: +98 35 3626 0001
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:
  • Person responsible for scientific inquiries


    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Lily Barzegar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگر
    Position - English: Medical Doctor
    Position - Persian: دکتر
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Farrokhi St
    Street address - Persian: خیابان فرخی
    City - English: YAZD
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax:
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:

    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Leili Barzegari
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگری
    Position - English: Ph.D. candidate
    Position - Persian: دانشجوی دکترا
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
    Street address - Persian: استان یزد یزد میدان شهید بهشتی، خیابان فرخی،، کوچه اورژانس
    City - English: Yazd
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax:
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:
  • Person responsible for updating data


    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Lily Barzegar
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگر
    Position - English: Medical Doctor
    Position - Persian: دکتر
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Farrokhi St
    Street address - Persian: خیابان فرخی
    City - English: YAZD
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax:
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:

    Name of organization / entity - English:
    Name of organization / entity - Persian:
    Full name of responsible person - English: Leili Barzegari
    Full name of responsible person - Persian: لیلی برزگری
    Position - English: Ph.D. candidate
    Position - Persian: دانشجوی دکترا
    Latest degree: med_doctor
    Area of specialty/work: 58
    Area of specialty/work title - English:
    Area of specialty/work title - Persian:
    Street address - English: Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
    Street address - Persian: استان یزد یزد میدان شهید بهشتی، خیابان فرخی،، کوچه اورژانس
    City - English: Yazd
    City - Persian: یزد
    Province: Yazd
    Province - English:
    Province - Persian:
    contact.provinces_available: 1
    Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
    Postal code: 8913814439
    Phone: +98 35 3626 0001
    Mobile: +98 913 350 3075
    Fax:
    Email: leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
    Web page address:

Protocol summary

Study aim
Determining the effect of warm cupping on the clinical symptoms of asthma in adults aged 18-60 years
Design
Patients aged 18 to 60 years with mild to moderate asthma who refer to the medical centers of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd, who refer to the research project as an outpatient during the implementation of the project, are confirmed by a pulmonary specialist through a history and clinical examination and are introduced to the researcher for the project. Firstly, the study exclusion and exclusion criteria are reviewed, and if a patient meets the eligibility criteria, they are entered into the study and informed consent is obtained from them.
Settings and conduct
Shahid Rahnamun Hospital and Hazrat Fatemeh Al-Zahra Hospital
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with mild and moderate asthma; Patients who have stable conditions and do not need hospitalization; The age of the patients should be 18 to 60 years. Exclusion criteria: Inability to express the severity of symptoms; A patient who needs hospitalization.
Intervention groups
Control group: Received routine treatment for asthma, including bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids Intervention group: Received routine treatment like the control group, plus warm cupping twice in the first week, 3 days apart.
Main outcome variables
Number of shortness of breath per week The amount of salbutamol spray Asthma control rate Exacerbation of asthma

General information

Reason for update
Correcting some spelling errors
Acronym
IRCT registration information
IRCT registration number: IRCT20230413057896N1
Registration date: 2025-04-24, 1404/02/04
Registration timing: prospective

Last update: 2025-07-24, 1404/05/02
Update count: 1
Registration date
2025-04-24, 1404/02/04
Registrant information
Name
Leyla Barzegar
Name of organization / entity
Country
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Phone
+98 35 3624 3982
Email address
leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
Recruitment status
Recruitment complete
Funding source
Expected recruitment start date
2025-04-26, 1404/02/06
Expected recruitment end date
2025-07-11, 1404/04/20
Actual recruitment start date
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Actual recruitment end date
empty
Trial completion date
empty
Scientific title
The effect of warm cupping on the symptoms of asthma in adults aged 18-60
Public title
The effect of warm cupping in Asthma
Purpose
Supportive
Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Mild to moderate asthma Age 18-60 years Willingness to use warm cupping therapy Having a stable hemodynamic physical condition
Exclusion criteria:
Pregnancy Breastfeeding Chronic heart disease Patients who decide to withdraw from the study by personal request Inability to express the severity of symptoms The patient requires hospitalization
Age
From 18 years old to 60 years old
Gender
Both
Phase
N/A
Groups that have been masked
No information
Sample size
Target sample size: 64
Randomization (investigator's opinion)
Randomized
Randomization description
Individual randomization: People who enter the study are randomly assigned to the control and intervention groups, one at a time, regardless of gender.
Blinding (investigator's opinion)
Not blinded
Blinding description
Placebo
Not used
Assignment
Parallel
Other design features

Secondary Ids

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Ethics committees

1

Ethics committee
Name of ethics committee
Research Ethics Committee of Shahid Rahnamon Hospital, Yazd
Street address
Farrokhi Street, Yazd
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814399
Approval date
2023-03-04, 1401/12/13
Ethics committee reference number
IR.SSU.SRH.REC.1401.025

Health conditions studied

1

Description of health condition studied
Asthma
ICD-10 code
J45
ICD-10 code description
Asthma

Primary outcomes

1

Description
Number of shortness of breath per week
Timepoint
Start studying once, the end of the first week, the end of the fifth week, the end of the ninth truth from the beginning of the study
Method of measurement
Asthma Control Test Questionnaire

Secondary outcomes

1

Description
The amount of salbutamol spray
Timepoint
Start studying once, the end of the first week, the end of the fifth week, the end of the ninth truth from the beginning of the study
Method of measurement
ACT questionnaire

Intervention groups

1

Description
Intervention group: In the Department of Iranian Medicine of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, the patient will be placed on a medical bed with a guard lying on the stomach or in a prone position. After disinfecting the place where the suction is performed, 5 glasses will be placed on the back of the patient in the area of the lungs on both sides of the spine. By touching these cups on the skin, after putting burning cotton in them, which creates negative pressure and vacuum, 2 to 3 centimeters of the patient's skin protrudes inside the cup. The inflatable cup stays in the lung for 15 minutes, and after 15 minutes, it is slowly removed from the body. The patients of the intervention group are inflated 2 times in the first week with an interval of 3 days.
Category
Treatment - Devices

2

Description
Control group: Treated with common asthma medications including bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids
Category
N/A

Recruitment centers

1

Recruitment center
Name of recruitment center
Shahid Rahnemoun Hospital
Full name of responsible person
Leili Barzegari
Street address
Emergency Alley, Farrokhi Street, Yazd Province, Shahid Beheshti Square, Yazd
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814396
Phone
+98 913 350 3075
Email
Leylabarzegari1346@gmail.com
Web page address
https://rahnemoon.ssu.ac.ir/

Sponsors / Funding sources

1

Sponsor
Name of organization / entity
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Street address
Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814439
Phone
+98 35 3626 0001
Fax
+98 35 3626 0001
Email
leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com
Web page address
https://medicine.ssu.ac.ir
Grant name
Grant code / Reference number
Is the source of funding the same sponsor organization/entity?
Yes
Title of funding source
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Proportion provided by this source
100
Public or private sector
Public
Domestic or foreign origin
Domestic
Category of foreign source of funding
empty
Country of origin
Type of organization providing the funding
Academic

Person responsible for general inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Leili Barzegari
Position
Ph.D candidate
Latest degree
Medical doctor
Other areas of specialty/work
Traditional Medicine
Street address
Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814439
Phone
+98 35 3626 0001
Fax
+98 35 3626 0001
Email
leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com

Person responsible for scientific inquiries

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Leili Barzegari
Position
Ph.D. candidate
Latest degree
Medical doctor
Other areas of specialty/work
Traditional Medicine
Street address
Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814439
Phone
+98 35 3626 0001
Email
leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com

Person responsible for updating data

Contact
Name of organization / entity
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Full name of responsible person
Leili Barzegari
Position
Ph.D. candidate
Latest degree
Medical doctor
Other areas of specialty/work
Traditional Medicine
Street address
Yazd Province, Yazd, Shahid Beheshti Square, Farrokhi Street, Emergency Alley
City
Yazd
Province
Yazd
Postal code
8913814439
Phone
+98 35 3626 0001
Email
leylabarzegary1346@gmail.com

Sharing plan

Deidentified Individual Participant Data Set (IPD)
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Study Protocol
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Statistical Analysis Plan
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Informed Consent Form
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Clinical Study Report
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Analytic Code
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Data Dictionary
Yes - There is a plan to make this available
Title and more details about the data/document
Data analysis
When the data will become available and for how long
After finishing the project
To whom data/document is available
Associate professors
Under which criteria data/document could be used
Checking for treatment and prevention
From where data/document is obtainable
University
What processes are involved for a request to access data/document
Data analysis
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