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Acupuncture for Functional Constipation in Older Adults

NCT05496543 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2025-05-22

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Summary

Through a scientific and standardized randomized controlled study, we observe the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of functional constipation in the elderly through the method of "nourishing kidney and dredging Fu organs".

Conditions

  • Constipation - Functional

Interventions

DEVICE

acupuncture

All acupoints will be routinely sterilized at first. After the insertion of the needles, manipulations of lifting, twirling, and thrusting are performed on all needles to reach de qi, which is a sensation typically associated with needling including soreness, numbness, swelling, heaviness, and other feelings. This is considered to be an important component of the therapeutic effect of acupuncture.

DEVICE

sham acupuncture

The placebo needles chosen for this study are flat-tipped needles without a tip, which could not be pierced into the skin. In the meanwhile, an external patch device will fix the needles, which are visually pierced into the skin. After the treatment, the acupuncturist will press the acupuncture point with a dry cotton ball so that the patient can feel the pulling out of the "needle".

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Longhua Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Yin Ping

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • PING YIN · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-10
Primary Completion
2024-03-01
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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