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Analgesia by Single or Dual Acupoints Stimulation After Radical Mastectomy

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pain
Interventions
Device: acupoint stimulation
Device: no stimulation
Registration Number
NCT02741726
Lead Sponsor
Zhihong LU
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of dual acupoints and single acupoint transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) pretreatment on incidence of Post-Mastectomy Pain Syndrome(PMPS) in patients undergoing operation of breast cancer.

Detailed Description

Patients were randomly assigned to three groups, receiving 30min TEAS before anesthesia respectively. The acupoints of dual point group are bilateral Neiguan points(PC6) combined with Danzhong point(RN17), single point group is bilateral Neiguan points(PC6), and the false stimulation group only attach electrodes without electric current. The frequency of TEAS is set to 2/15 Hz. Intraoperative anesthetic dosage of propofol and remifentanil was recorded. Three and six months after surgery, follow-up about chronic pain was made by telephone or face-to-face using the follow-up questionnaire. The adverse events were recorded.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
593
Inclusion Criteria
  • Scheduled for operation of breast cancer;
  • ASA(American Society of Anesthesiologists)I-II;
  • Aged between 18 and 65;
  • Informed consented。
Exclusion Criteria
  • Suffered from the contraindication of TEAS including the local skin breakage, infection or planted with the electrophysiology device;
  • Unable to communicate and coordinate with the researcher, such as suffering from language comprehension deficits or mental diseases;
  • Certain/suspicious addiction with alcohol, analgesics or other drugs;
  • Unstable Angina or myocardial infarction occurred in 3 months; NYHA(New York Heart Association) is 3 or higher;
  • Blood pressure ≥ 180/110 mm Hg while preoperative visiting;
  • Suffered from diabetic complications including diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar coma, infection, macroangiopathy, diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy, cardiomyopathy, neuropathy and diabetic foot;
  • Severe dysfunction of liver or kidney meaning one of ALT(Alanine Transaminase), AST(Aspartate Transaminase), ALP(alkaline phosphatase) or TBIL(total bilirubin) is 2 times higher that normal or creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min or serum creatinine > 177umol/L;
  • Participate in the other clinical trial 3 month before the enrollment.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
dual acupoint stimulationacupoint stimulationThe acupoints of dual point group are bilateral Neiguan points(PC6) combined with Danzhong point(RN17), electric stimulation was given through electrode attached to the acupoints.
single acupoint stimulationacupoint stimulationThe acupoints of single point group is bilateral Neiguan points(PC6), Electric stimulation was given through electrode attached to the acupoints.
no stimulationno stimulationfalse stimulation group only attach electrodes without electric current.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of chronic pain six months after surgerysix months after surgery
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of chronic pain three months after surgerythree months after surgery
Remifentanil consumption during the surgeryfrom start of surgery to end of surgery, at an average of 2.5 hours
the time to the first verbal responseend of the anesthetics infusion to patient's first response to verbal command,on an average of 30 minutes
the time to extubationend of the anesthetics infusion to extubation,on an average of 30 minutes
postoperative nausea and vomiting within 24 h after surgeryend of surgery to 24 hours after surgery,on an average of 24 hours
respiratory depression within 24 hours after surgeryend of surgery to 24 hours after surgery,on an average of 24 hours
Visual Analogue Scale scores within 24 hours after surgeryend of surgery to 24 hours after surgery,on an average of 24 hours
demand of rescue analgesics within 24 hours after surgeryend of surgery to 24 hours after surgery,on an average of 24 hours
pain score at 6m after surgerysix months after surgery
patients' s satisfaction scores on analgesia within 24 hours after surgeryend of surgery to 24 hours after surgery,on an average of 24 hours
pain score at 3m after surgerythree months after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

First Afiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

First Afiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

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Chongqing, Chongqing, China

People's hospital of Zhengzhou University

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Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

First Afiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

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Zhengzhou, Henan, China

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