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Acupuncture for Patients With Diarrhea-predominant IBS or Functional Diarrhea: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT01350570 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 449

Last updated 2015-04-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This trial is to assess the effectiveness of three types of acupuncture for patients with functional diarrhea comparing to a positive drug control.

Conditions

  • Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  • Functional Diarrhea

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

acupuncture group1, acupoints ST25 and BL25 will be used in this trial.

OTHER

acupuncture group2

Acupoints LI11 and ST37 will be used in this group. LI11 is located at upper limb while ST37 is located at the lower limb.

OTHER

acupuncture group3

All acupoints used in acupuncture group1 and group2 will be used in this group.

DRUG

Loperamide

Loperamide will be used in this group for a dose of 2mg a time, three time a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ying Li, MD, PhD · Chengdu University of TCM

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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