Acupuncture for postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled pilot trial
- Conditions
- Colorectal cancer
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100005471
- Lead Sponsor
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion criteria require that the patients (1) males or females are between 18 and 75 years of age; (2) colonoscopy and histopathological biopsy diagnosed as primary colon cancer or primary high rectal cancer; (3) symptoms related to gastrointestinal dysfunction occurred after surgery, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, constipation, etc.; any item in the gastrointestinal symptom grading scale was scored above 2 points; (4) the surgery method is limited to laparoscopic radical resection of colorectal cancer; (5) The Karnofsky score = 60 points, or the ECOG physical fitness score = 1 point, and the expected survival time is = 3 months; (6) have not received acupuncture treatment and have not participated in other clinical studies within the past 3 months; (7) those who signed informed consent and volunteered to participate in this study.
(1) patients who underwent total colorectomy or had a fistula; (2) patients with serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, serious cardiopulmonary complications (ASA score > III), mental disorders, cognitive disorders and other primary diseases; (3) complicated with abnormal coagulation function; (4) receiving epidural anesthesia or taking analgesic drugs for a long time; (5) combined viscerectomy; (6) long-term use of laxatives, or taking drugs affecting gastrointestinal function and long-term bed rest; (7) Participated in other clinical studies within six months. You will not be eligible to participate in the study.
Note: Patients who meet any of the above criteria are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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