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Acupuncture for Chronic Constipation

NCT00746200 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2010-05-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Since there have been few advances for constipation in laxative treatment in the last 50 years, this study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for patients with chronic constipation based on the theory of traditional Chinese Medicine.

Conditions

  • Chronic Constipation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

(electro)acupuncture

Frequency of electrostimulation: 15Hz; Duration of electrostimulation: 20min;

PROCEDURE

sham acupuncture

Superficial acupuncture needle stimulation at non-acupoints with TENS applied for seconds

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chien-Hsun Huang, MD, MSc · National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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