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A Clinical Standardization Study of the Preferred Acupuncture Treatment Protocol to Treat Functional Constipation

NCT00508482 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 475

Last updated 2014-06-04

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to re-evaluate the therapeutic superiority and safety of acupuncture treatment using high quality and large sampled clinical research. The investigators want to provide a preferred treatment protocol, which is effective, safe, and easy to use in clinical practice. This research also clarifies that the insertion depth is a key factor in the therapeutic effect of acupuncture. The results of the study will help promote the development of the standardization of acupuncture.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

deep needling

Huatuo brand needle (0.35×75mm), LH202H electric stimulator, parameter is constant wave, 2/15Hz, and current intensity is the abdominal muscles shiver slightly and the patient feels trivial pain. Once a day, five times a week, four weeks.

DRUG

Lactulose

20-30ml, once a day before breakfast, for the whole study except the run-in period

OTHER

shallow needling

Huatuo brand needle (0.30×25mm). The usage of EA apparatus and treatment course were the same as deep needling group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zhishun Liu, M.D. · Guang'an Men Hospital Affiliated to China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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