Kaptchuk TJ

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2010-2026

Condition tags

  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • infertility 1
2026
The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105584

Vulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown etiology, lasting 3 months or longer, affects 7% of American women, and has no consistently effective treatment. We aimed to test the efficacy of acupuncture on vulvar pain and dyspareunia and explore the …

2022
Contemporary clinical trials communications ·doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101029

BackgroundVulvodynia, vulvar pain of unknown origin lasting at least 3 months, affects 7% of American women. Dyspareunia, its frequent companion, renders sexual intercourse virtually impossible. Although few therapies are efficacious and ra…

2018
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.009

Background & aimsA high proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to placebo in clinical trials (estimated at about 40%). We aimed to identify factors that contribute to the high placebo response rate using data fro…

2015
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009655

ObjectivesTo assess the quantity and quality of randomised, sham-controlled studies of surgery and invasive procedures and estimate the treatment-specific and non-specific effects of those procedures.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysi…

2010
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1089/acm.2008.0600

AimWe aim to determine the safety and effectiveness of a standard therapeutic package of Korean medicine for the treatment of unexplained infertility in a cross-section of women who sought treatment at an integrative hospital in Seoul, Kore…