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Clinical Trials/ITMCTR2000004130
ITMCTR2000004130
Not yet recruiting
Phase 1

A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Electroacupuncture Treatment of Constipation Caused By Antidepressant Drugs

West China Hospital of Sichuan University0 sitesTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 1
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional study
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
West China Hospital of Sichuan University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged 59 to 85 years old;
  • 2\. Patients with depression, meet the diagnosis standard, and taking antidepressant drugs, the diagnosis of depression with psychiatric disorders and Statistical Manual version 5 \- (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of getting Disorder \- 5th edition, DSM \- 5\);
  • 3\. Constipation diagnosis standard, and not happen before taking antidepressants constipation, the diagnosis of constipation with Roman III diagnostic criteria;
  • 4\. Patients and their families are willing to attend the test and sign the informed consent, cooperate with the healer
  • patients who must meet the above four items at the same time can be included in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Nearly two weeks, depression symptom control is not stable (more than attending doctors decide by the mental health center);
  • 2\. By organic disease than the antidepressant drugs, functional disease, or other reasons cause of constipation;
  • 3\. Blood coagulation dysfunction;
  • 4\. Severe dysfunction such as heart, brain, liver and kidney patients;
  • 5\. Pregnancy and lactating women;
  • 6\. Have a pacemaker, allergic to metal or serious afraid of acupuncture;
  • 7\. Test within 2 weeks before using drug treating constipation (except emergency response);
  • 8\. Over the past three months received acupuncture treatment;
  • 9\. At the same time to participate in other clinical researchers.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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