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A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction after chemotherapy for colorectal cancer

Not Applicable
Conditions
Colorectal cancer
Registration Number
ITMCTR2100005275
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

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, staging I-III; (3) symptoms related to gastrointestinal dysfunction occurred after chemotherapy, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, constipation, etc.; any item in the gastrointestinal symptom grading scale was scored above 2 points; (4) no abdominal surgery history or more than 3 months after abdominal surgery; (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) at least one cycle of chemotherapy has been completed; (8) gastrointestinal dysfunction caused by non-opioids or metabolic imbalances.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants who meet one of the following criteria will be excluded: (1) have undergone total colorectal resection or who have a fistula; (2) with severe heart disease, cerebrovascular disease; (3) use warfarin, heparin, etc., or who have abnormal hematopoietic function; (4) unconsciousness, unable to express subjective symptoms and mental illness; (5) long-term use of laxatives, or taking drugs that affect gastrointestinal function and those who are bedridden for a long time.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SAS;SDS;FACT-C(V 4.0);
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