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Acupuncture for low anterior resection syndrome: a multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
ow anterior resection syndrome
Registration Number
ITMCTR2024000195
Lead Sponsor
School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

1) age of 18-75 years old, male or female; 2) After rectal resection or one month after stoma closure, patients met LARS diagnosis and LARS score =21; 3) signed the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1) undergoing other types of colorectal cancer surgery or resection of other intestinal segments, such as Hartmann surgery, abdominopelvic resection, transanal endoscopic microsurgical resection or sigmoid colon resection; 2) other pelvic surgeries for non-tumor reasons; 3) preoperative fecal incontinence; 4) a history of mental disorders, alcohol or drug abuse; 5) patients with inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome; 6) receiving acupuncture and moxibustion within 1 month; 7) with implantable medical devices such as cardiac pacemaker; 8) Participate in other clinical research.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in LARS score from baseline at week 8;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ARS score change from baseline;Wexner score for diarrhea;Blinded evaluation;Proportion of patients with reduced degree of bowel dysfunction;EORTC-QLQ-C30 Quality of Life Questionnaire;Subjective distress of bowel symptoms;Credibility and expectation evaluation;Bristol Bowel Diary;Quality of Life Scale for patients with fecal incontinence;
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