Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Functional Constipation
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A multi-center clinical trial done recently by us(NCT00508482) shows that needling on ST25
has the same effect as lactulose in unaided self-defecation frequency of a week and has
better effect in symptoms improvement (in press). The object is to evaluate whether
acupuncture is effective for functional constipation. As an explanatory research, it took one
single point as its intervention and sham acupuncture as its control group (patients were
blinded). On the basis of its confirmed effect, we are taking a pragmatic randomized
controlled trial to further evaluate whether acupuncture is more effective than routine
treatment. Acupuncture prescriptions used in this trial are individually prescribed according
to syndrome differentiation, which can improve clinical effect. .
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Collaborator:
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China