Effects of moving cupping therapy for plaque psoriasis: study protocol for a randomized multicenter clinical trial

Table 1 Study schedules of enrollment, intervention, and assessment

	Study period
	Enrollment	Allocation	Treatment period				Follow-up period
Time point	-week₁	0	week₁	week₂	week₃	week₄	week₆	week₈
Enrollment
Eligibility screen	×
Informed consent	×
List other procedures	×
Allocation		×
Interventions:
Basic treatment plus moving cupping therapy
Basic treatment plus moving cupping placebo
Assessments:
PASI	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
BSA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
PGA	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
DLQI		×	×	×	×	×
VAS		×	×	×	×	×	×	×
TCMSSS		×	×	×	×	×
Vital signs	×	×	×	×	×	×
Routine blood test	×					×
Blood biochemical test	×					×
Routine urine test	×					×
Food allergen test	×
Combined medications	×	×	×	×	×	×
Pregnancy test	×
Physical examination	×					×
Adverse event		×	×	×	×	×
Serious adverse events		×	×	×	×	×

BSA, body surface area; DLQI, Dermatology Life Quality Index; PASI, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index; PGA, Physician’s Global Assessment; PR-QoL, patient-reported quality of life; TCMSSS, Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome scoring scale; VAS, visual analog scale

ISSN: 1745-6215