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Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Functional Constipation

NCT01411501 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 684

Last updated 2015-12-11

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Summary

A multi-center clinical trial done recently by us(NCT00508482) shows that needling on ST25 has the same effect as lactulose in unaided self-defecation frequency of a week and has better effect in symptoms improvement (in press). The object is to evaluate whether acupuncture is effective for functional constipation. As an explanatory research, it took one single point as its intervention and sham acupuncture as its control group (patients were blinded). On the basis of its confirmed effect, we are taking a pragmatic randomized controlled trial to further evaluate whether acupuncture is more effective than routine treatment. Acupuncture prescriptions used in this trial are individually prescribed according to syndrome differentiation, which can improve clinical effect. .

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

Thrust and lift the needle to achieve De Qi. After being needled, the points will be punctured again using auxiliary needles 2 mm lateral to the first needle, and to a depth of 2 mm without manual stimulation. Put the electric stimulator on the pair of needles with a continuous wave, 20Hz. The current intensity is increased to the patients' maximum tolerance and then slightly reduced to a bearable level (0.1-1.0 mA). Huatuo Brand needle (φ0.30×25mm,φ0.30×40mm,φ0.30×50mm, produced by Suzhou Medical Appliance Factory) and G6805-1A electro-acupuncture apparatus(produced by Shanghai Huayi Medical Instrument Co. Ltd.) will be used. Five sessions/week in the first 2 weeks, three sessions/week for in the last 2 weeks.

DRUG

mosapride citrate

4-week oral use of mosapride citrate, 5mg, three times daily 0.5 hour before meal

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

  • LIU Zhishun, phD · Guang'an Men Hospital Affiliated to China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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