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Acupuncture in Low Anterior Resection Syndrome Treatment

NCT03916549 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2022-02-22

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Summary

Acupuncture has it's role in treating patients with fecal incontinence and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. There is no trial or case-report assessing it's role in treatment of Low anterior resection syndrome.

Conditions

  • Low Anterior Resection Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture

The acupuncture procedure is performed by one well trained person, 1 time per week in total of 10 weeks on the same day time. Sterile, disposable, stainless steel acupuncture needles (40x0.25 mm diameter) were inserted to corporal acupoints, with initial gentle stimulation by quick rotation of 1080°, after then leaving needle in located place for twenty minutes. Needling deep - 0.5-1 cm. If the intent was to invigorate - the needle was inserted to the flow of energy; if harmonization needed - the needle was placed perpendicular to the point flow of energy; if sedation was needed, needles were placed against to the flow of energy on channel. The selection of acupoints was based according by traditional Chinese medicine, literature findings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vilnius University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Cancer Center Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-01
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Lithuania

Study Locations

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