MedTrace Logo

Effect of Acupuncture on Postoperative Ileus After Gastric Surgery (EAPIG)

NCT02480361 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2015-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Postoperative ileus (POI) is a common problem after major abdominal surgery. Acupuncture is being accepted in the West as a treatment option for managing POI and various functional gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore, we conducted a prospective randomized pilot study to evaluate the effect of electro-acupuncture on POI and other surgical outcomes in patients who underwent gastric surgery for a later large-scale study.

Conditions

  • Ileus

Interventions

DEVICE

acupuncture

Acupuncture treatment after gastric cancer surgery during 5 postoperative days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Daegu Catholic University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hyun-dong Chae, Professor · Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02480361 on ClinicalTrials.gov