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The Effect of Non-invasive Auricular Acupoint Stimulation on Slow Transmission Constipation

NCT06680882 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-11-08

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Summary

Objective To examine the therapeutic effect and safety of non-invasive auricular acupoint stimulation application on patients with slow transmission constipation.

Methods In a randomized clinical trial, 60 patients diagnosed with slow transit constipation (STC), ranging in age from 40 to 75 years, were allocated into two distinct cohorts: a study group and a control group. The study group, comprising 30 individuals, received a combination therapy of non-invasive auricular acupoint stimulation and prucapride, while the control group, also consisting of 30 patients, was administered prucapride as a monotherapy. To assess the efficacy of the interventions, various parameters were monitored, including serum levels of Neuropeptide Y (NPY), nitric oxide (NO), fecal water content, and gastrointestinal (GI) transit. The comparative therapeutic outcomes were determined by calculating symptom scores.

Conditions

  • Slow Transmission Constipation

Interventions

OTHER

Auricular Acupoint Stimulation +prucapride

The study group, comprising 30 individuals, received a combination therapy of non-invasive auricular acupoint stimulation and prucapride

DRUG

prucapride

was administered prucapride as a monotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-07
Primary Completion
2024-11-07
Completion
2025-11-01

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