Title {1}	Acupuncture in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy - Protocol for the Randomized, Multicenter ACUDPN Trial.
Trial registration {2a and 2b}.	ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03755960. First registered on 11.28.2018
Protocol version {3}	Version 1.0_22102018
Funding {4}	Investigator-initiated trial. University Medicine Charité Berlin. Partially financed by Dr. Joanna Dietzel’s research grant from the Veronica and Karl Carstens Foundation.
Author details {5a}	Joanna Dietzel, MD, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany T.: ++49 +30 450 529 002, F.: ++49 +30 450 529 902, Email: Joanna.Dietzel@charite.de Hörder Sebastian, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Sebastian.Hoerder@charite.de Habermann Isabel, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Isabel.Habermann@charite.de Miriam Ortiz, MD, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Miriam.Ortiz@charite.de Stephanie Roll, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Stephanie.Roll@charite.de Stephan N Willich, MD, PhD, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Stefan.Willich@charite.de Benno Brinkhaus, MD, PhD, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Benno.Brinkhaus@charite.de Gesa Meyer-Hamme, MD, TCM-Zentrum am UKE, Breitenfelder Str. 15, 20251 Hamburg, Germany, meyer-hamme@tcm-am-uke.de Sven Schröder, MD, PhD, TCM-Zentrum am UKE, Breitenfelder Str. 15, 20251 Hamburg, Germany, Lehre@tcm-am-uke.de Katrin Hahn, MD, PhD, Department for Neurology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Katrin.Hahn@charite.de Klaus Linde, MD, PhD, Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Munich, Germany, Klaus.Linde@mri.tum.de Dominik Irnich, MD, PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany, dominik.irnich@med.uni-muenchen.de Michael Hammes, MD, Praxis Dr.med. Michael Hammes, Louisenstraße 27a, 61348 Bad Homburg, Germany praxis@hammes-akupunktur-neurologie.de Rainer Nögel, MD, Praxis Prof. Hempen & Kollegen, Fachärztliches Zentrum – Chinesische Medizin, Akupunktur, Franz-Joseph-Straße 38, 80801 Munich, Germany, noegel@tcm.edu Michael Wullinger, MD, Praxis für chinesische Medizin, Rathausstr. 10, 83022 Rosenheim, Germany, info@wullinger.de Velia Wortman, MD, Praxis für TCM, Dilherrstr. 6, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany, velia@t-online.de Jospeh Hummelsberger, MD, International Society for Chinese Medicine, Franz-Joseph-Straße 38, 80801 Munich, Germany, josef@hummelsberger.net
Name and contact information of the trial sponsor {5b}	Investigator-initiated trial. Principal Investigator: Benno Brinkhaus, MD, PhD, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Luisenstr. 57, 10117 Berlin, Germany, Stefan.Willich@charite.de Research grant by Karl und Veronica Carstens-Stiftung, Am Deimelsberg 36, 45276 Essen, Germany
Role of sponsor {5c}	Investigator-initiated trial. The principal investigator has ultimate authority over the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; writing of the report; and the decision to submit the report for publication.