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Pretreatment With Electroacupuncture to Reduce Discomfort

NCT02077270 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main hypothesis is that performance of electroacupuncture before colonoscopy reduces pain during the exam.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

electroacupuncture

Patients allocated to this arm will receive electro-acupuncture bilaterally on the following points which are considered relevant both for sedation and abdominal distention:LI4 (Hegu),ii. St36 (Zusanli), Sp6 (Sanyinjiao), St25 (Tianshuv),. Du20 (Baihui),

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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