Ear Acupuncture Preventing Delayed Gastric Emptying.

NCT ID: NCT04118881

Last Updated: 2019-10-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-10

Study Completion Date

2021-12-02

Brief Summary

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Pancreatoduodenectomy is the preferred surgical method for periampullary diseases. The most common complication is gastric emptying disorder, which often greatly affects the quality of life of patients and prolongs the length of hospitalization. There are few reports on the treatment of gastric emptying disorder with single method, poor continuity of curative effect and low level of evidence. This study is to explore the clinical efficacy and safety of ear acupuncture in the prevention and treatment of DGE after pancreaticoduodenal surgery. This study is divided into two parts. The first part is to study the clinical efficacy and safety of auricular acupoint embedding in preventing gastric emptying disorder after pancreaticoduodenectomy. The second part is to study the clinical efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in treating gastric emptying disorder.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Auricular Acupoint Embedding Pancreaticoduodenectomy Delayed Gastric Emptying

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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treatment group

The treatment group was given intradermal needling at ear acupoints: cardia (CO3), stomach (CO4), sympathetic (HX4)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ear Acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Auricular Acupuncture (AA) is a micro-system of acupuncture and moxibustion initiated by Chinese and French doctors. All acupoints are distributed in the ear. In the treatment of perioperative patients, ear needle is far away from the surgical wound and its minimally invasive and tolerable position has obvious advantages over body needle.AA can regulate the function of corresponding organs at acupoints. The theoretical basis of TCM is holistic concept and syndrome differentiation and treatment.AA can prevent and treat perioperative nausea and vomiting. A number of randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies have confirmed that AA has obvious advantages in preventing nausea and vomiting in perioperative period compared with routine prevention, and its possible mechanism is ear-directed stimulation of the ear branch of vagus nerve, thereby enhancing gastrointestinal motility and accelerating gastric emptying.

control group

The control group was given intradermal needling at ear acupoints: spiral area (HX7 and HX8).

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Ear Acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Auricular Acupuncture (AA) is a micro-system of acupuncture and moxibustion initiated by Chinese and French doctors. All acupoints are distributed in the ear. In the treatment of perioperative patients, ear needle is far away from the surgical wound and its minimally invasive and tolerable position has obvious advantages over body needle.AA can regulate the function of corresponding organs at acupoints. The theoretical basis of TCM is holistic concept and syndrome differentiation and treatment.AA can prevent and treat perioperative nausea and vomiting. A number of randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies have confirmed that AA has obvious advantages in preventing nausea and vomiting in perioperative period compared with routine prevention, and its possible mechanism is ear-directed stimulation of the ear branch of vagus nerve, thereby enhancing gastrointestinal motility and accelerating gastric emptying.

Interventions

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Ear Acupuncture

Auricular Acupuncture (AA) is a micro-system of acupuncture and moxibustion initiated by Chinese and French doctors. All acupoints are distributed in the ear. In the treatment of perioperative patients, ear needle is far away from the surgical wound and its minimally invasive and tolerable position has obvious advantages over body needle.AA can regulate the function of corresponding organs at acupoints. The theoretical basis of TCM is holistic concept and syndrome differentiation and treatment.AA can prevent and treat perioperative nausea and vomiting. A number of randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies have confirmed that AA has obvious advantages in preventing nausea and vomiting in perioperative period compared with routine prevention, and its possible mechanism is ear-directed stimulation of the ear branch of vagus nerve, thereby enhancing gastrointestinal motility and accelerating gastric emptying.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy;
* No delayed gastric emptying or gastrointestinal obstruction before operation.
* ECOG score 0-2;
* No opioid analgesia or gastrointestinal motility drugs were administered for more than one week before operation.
* Adequate blood cell counts were available during the screening period.
* The blood biochemical indexes during screening period were as follows (48 hours before operation to 14 days before operation): AST (SGOT), ALT (SGPT) were less than or equal to the upper limit of 2.5 times normal value (ULN). Total bilirubin is less than or equal to 300 micromol/L. ULN serum creatinine is within the normal limit, or the level of serum creatinine is higher or lower than the normal value of institutions, but the calculated clearance rate is greater than or equal to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2. If the creatinine clearance rate is used, the actual body weight should be used to calculate the creatinine clearance rate (e.g. using the Cockroft-Gault formula).
* Coagulation function is normal.
* Male or non-pregnant and non-lactating women who were older than or equal to 18 years old signed the informed consent. If a female patient is of childbearing age (regular menstrual proof), the pregnancy test (such as serum beta-hCG) before the first study of drug administration must be negative. If patients are sexually active, they must agree to use contraceptive methods that researchers believe are adequate and appropriate during the study of drug administration. In addition, male and female patients must take contraceptive measures after treatment, as recommended by the product prescription information provided in the study manual.
* The patient has been informed of the nature of the study and has agreed to participate in the study and signed an informed consent before participating in any research-related activities.
* Ability to comply with research visits and other programme requirements

Exclusion Criteria

* The patient did not receive standard pancreaticoduodenectomy.
* Myocardial infarction, severe or unstable angina pectoris, coronary artery or peripheral artery bypass grafting, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade III-IV heart failure, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack or epileptic seizure occurred within 30 days before operation.
* Any condition that may impair patient safety or the integrity of research data, including serious medical risk factors, medical events, laboratory abnormalities or psychiatric disorders;
* The patient's access to any other clinical study or to a trial of an interventional drug may interfere with the evaluation of this study procedure.
* Patients are unwilling or unable to follow the research procedure;
* Researchers do not think it is suitable for inclusion.
* Acupuncture and moxibustion is currently used or used in the past 30 days.
* Ear trauma or unhealed ear wound
* Stainless steel allergists
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital

Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Cong Wang, MM

Role: CONTACT

+8613752570372

Facility Contacts

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Wang Cong, Master

Role: primary

86-13752570372

Other Identifiers

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E2019158A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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