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Acupuncture With Press Tack Needles for Perioperative Pain After Open Radical Prostatectomy

NCT04172649 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 126

Last updated 2023-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acupuncture has been shown in several meta-analyses and clinical studies, in different surgical settings and chronic back pain, to be a safe adjuvant option for postoperative pain treatment. In this study, the investigator hypothesize that acupuncture can decrease postoperative pain intensity and amount of given analgesics, and accelerate recovery of bowel motility, in patients after open radical prostatectomy.

The investigator will also investigate whether or not acupuncture with needle skin penetration is more efficacious than acupressure.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

On the day before surgery, patients randomized to the intervention groups will receive routine postoperative analgesic care with application of 6 bilateral press tack needles (diameter of 0.15mm and length of 0.6mm for P-6 and Shenmen, diameter of 0.20mm and length of 1.2mm for SP-6, Seirin New Pyonex, Seirin Corp., Shizuoka City, Japan).

OTHER

Acupressure

On the day before surgery, patients randomized to the intervention groups will receive routine postoperative analgesic care with application of 6 bilateral press tack placebos (knob without needle, diameter of 0.15mm and length of 0.6mm for P-6 and Shenmen, diameter of 0.20mm and length of 1.2mm for SP-6, Seirin New Pyonex, Seirin Corp., Shizuoka City, Japan).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seirin Corporation, Shizuoka City, Japan

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Martini-Klinik am UKE GmbH

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans Heinzer, Prof. · Vice Medical Director and Faculty member of Martini-Klinik

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-04-09
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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