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- Clinical Trial NCT01726504
The Efficacy and Safety Study of Electro-acupuncture for Severe Chronic Functional Constipation
The Efficacy and Safety Study of Electro-acupuncture for Severe Chronic Functional Constipation - a Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Chronic functional constipation is a common disease. To date there has not specific therapy on chronic functional constipation. Systematic reviews indicate that acupuncture is probably effective for the disease, but the evidence is limited. Recently, we have finished a multi-center clinical trial of individualized deep electro-acupuncture (EA) for chronic functional constipation (n=460, Registration ID: NCT00508482) which preliminarily showed EA was effective.
This multi-center large-sample randomized controlled clinical trial of acupuncture for severe functional constipation is designed to confirm the efficacy and safety of EA.
This project is conducted by Chinese experts, supported by the Chinese Government. The research result is expected to provide high quality evidence of EA for chronic functional constipation.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Beijing
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Beijing, Beijing, China, 100700
- Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- meeting the diagnosis of Rome III criteria for chronic functional constipation;
- severe chronic constipation: two or fewer spontaneous complete bowel movements per week for more than 3 months;
- 18-75 years old;
- no use of medicine for constipation during the two weeks before enrollment (except rescue medication);
- no acupuncture treatment for constipation in recent 3 months;
- never joined any other trial in process in 3 months;
- volunteered to join this research and signed the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and constipation caused by endocrine, metabolic, nervous or postoperative diseases or drugs;
- constipation accompanied by serious cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, or psychiatric disease, cognitive dysfunction or aphasia, or severe dystrophy affecting the cooperation for examination or treatment;
- pregnant women or women in lactation period
- constipation accompanied by abdominal aneurysm, hepatosplenomegaly, etcetera;
- bleeding disorders, or regular anticoagulant drug users, such as warfarin and heparin, etcetera;
- cardiac pacemaker carrier.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: electro-acupuncture
Every session lasts for 30min/day.The participants are treated continuously for 8 weeks.During 8-week treatment the first 2 weeks,5 sessions per week,and 3 sessions per week in the rest 6 weeks,28 sessions for each patients in total. |
Procedure: electro-acupuncture; Points:Tianshu (ST25) Fujie(SP14), Shangjuxu (ST37).Pierced the skin, needles are inserted 30to70mm into bilateral ST25 and SP14 vertically until piercing the abdominal muscle layer.Electric stimulator is applied to bilateral ST25 and SP14 with dilatational wave, 10/50 Hz and electric current 0.1-1.0mA.
The participant's abdominal muscle twitching mildly is the appropriate dose.
Bilateral ST37 are inserted 25-30mm and then twirling lifting and thrusting for 3 times.Local sour and heavy feeling is appropriate dose.
Steady small twirling lifting and thrusting 3 times in all.
30 min/per day/per session.During the 8 weeks treatment, the first 2 weeks,5 sessions per week, and 3 sessions per week in the rest 6 weeks,28 sessions for each patients in total.
Other Names:
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Sham Comparator: sham electro-acupuncture
Length of Treatment and the treatment sessions are the same as treatment group. |
Procedure:sham electro-acupuncture;Points:Sham Tianshu(ST25),sham Fujie(SP14),sham Shangjuxu (ST37).Sham points location:20mm away from ST25,middle of Spleen and Stomach Channel;30mm from SP14,middle of Spleen and Stomach Channel; one point beside ST37,middle of Stomach and Gallbladder Channel; Performance:The needle is inserted with needle of 0.30×25mm by 3-5mm.
No twirling lifting and thrusting.
The electric stimulator is applied to bilateral sham ST25 and sham SP14 with dilatational wave,10/50 Hz and electric current 0.5mA.The mental wire has been cut off with a same outlook as the treatment group.The electric stimulator is looked normal but with no current output.
Length of Treatment and the treatment sessions are the same as treatment group.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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the Change in Mean Weekly CSBMs During Weeks 1-8 Since Treatment
Time Frame: Baseline and weeks 1-8
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the change number in mean weekly CSBMs during weeks 1-8 since treatment compared with baseline.
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Baseline and weeks 1-8
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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the Percentage of Participants With Three or More Weekly CSBMs
Time Frame: 1-20 weeks
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the percentage of participants with three or more weekly CSBMs during weeks 1-8 and weeks 9-20
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1-20 weeks
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Changes in Mean Weekly CSBMs During Weeks 9-20
Time Frame: Baseline and weeks 9-20
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The changed number in mean weekly average CSBMs during 9-20th weeks, compared with baseline.
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Baseline and weeks 9-20
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Mean Weekly SBMs During Weeks 1-8
Time Frame: Baseline and weeks 1-8
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The changed number in mean of weekly average SBMs (spontaneous bowel movement) during 8-week treatment, compared with baseline.
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Baseline and weeks 1-8
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Mean Scores for Stool Consistency and Straining During Weeks 1-8
Time Frame: Baseline and weeks 1-8
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average weekly stool consistency (Bristol Stool Scale) assessment of self-defecation during the 1-8weeks of treatment,compared with baseline.
Bristol Stool Scale including 7-type, scored by 1 to 7 respectively.Type 1: Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass); Type 2: Sausage-shaped, but lumpy; Type 3: Like a sausage but with cracks on its surface; Type 4: Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft; Type 5: Soft blobs with clear cut edges (passed easily); Type 6: Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool; Type 7: Watery, no solid pieces.
Entirely liquid.
Type 3, 4 are normal.
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Baseline and weeks 1-8
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Change of Average Weekly Degree of Difficulty in Defecation From Baseline
Time Frame: Baseline and weeks 1-8
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The degree of straining during self-defecation: The severity of straining is graded using a 4-point ordinal scale. 0 = not at all
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Baseline and weeks 1-8
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Then Change Score of Health-related Quality of Life Via Patient-Assessment of Constipation Quality Of Life (PAC-QOL)
Time Frame: baseline and the end of 8th week
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Patient-Assessment of Constipation Quality Of Life(PAC-QOL) ranges are 28-140,and higher values represent a worse outcome.Subscales are summed to compute the total score.
The changed score of PAC-QOL at week 8, compared with baseline.
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baseline and the end of 8th week
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Number of Participants With Adverse Events Related to Acupuncture
Time Frame: 1-8 weeks
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1-8 weeks
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Mean of Weekly Frequency of Rescue Medicine and Other Defecation Assistances Used
Time Frame: 1-20 weeks
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Rescue medicine for constipation during the trial will be recorded.
For rescue medicine, any participants experiencing no bowel movements for 3 or more consecutive days during the whole trial period were allowed to use a 110 ml glycerol anal enema or 40-60 ml sorbitol anal enema as a rescue medicine with documentation in the stool diary.Other If a patient used other medicine, it should be also recorded in the diary.Only the frequences of rescue medicine and other medicine for constipation will be recorded in diary by patient.
Weekly frequencies were combined across Weeks 1-8 and 9-20 per participant by averaged across all measurements.
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1-20 weeks
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The Number of Participants Using Rescue Medicine for Constipation
Time Frame: 1-20 weeks
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1-20 weeks
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Percentage of Weekly Frequency of Rescue Medicine and Other Defecation Assistances Used
Time Frame: 1-20 weeks
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Rescue medicine for constipation during the trial will be recorded.
For rescue medicine, any participants experiencing no bowel movements for 3 or more consecutive days during the whole trial period were allowed to use a 110 ml glycerol anal enema or 40-60 ml sorbitol anal enema as a rescue medicine with documentation in the stool diary.Other If a patient used other medicine, it should be also recorded in the diary.Only the frequences of rescue medicine and other medicine for constipation will be recorded in diary by patient.
Weekly frequencies were combined across Weeks 1-8 and 9-20 per participant by averaged across all measurements.
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1-20 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Baoyan Liu, Master, Vice President of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Wang Y, Liu Y, Zhou K, Bauer BA, Liu B, Su T, Mo Q, Liu Z. The duration of acupuncture effects and its associated factors in chronic severe functional constipation: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2019 Oct 9;12:1756284819881859. doi: 10.1177/1756284819881859. eCollection 2019.
- Liu Z, Yan S, Wu J, He L, Li N, Dong G, Fang J, Fu W, Fu L, Sun J, Wang L, Wang S, Yang J, Zhang H, Zhang J, Zhao J, Zhou W, Zhou Z, Ai Y, Zhou K, Liu J, Xu H, Cai Y, Liu B. Acupuncture for Chronic Severe Functional Constipation: A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Dec 6;165(11):761-769. doi: 10.7326/M15-3118. Epub 2016 Sep 13.
- Liu Z, Liu J, Zhao Y, Cai Y, He L, Xu H, Zhou X, Yan S, Lao L, Liu B. The efficacy and safety study of electro-acupuncture for severe chronic functional constipation: study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Jun 15;14:176. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-176.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 2012BAI24B01 (Other Grant/Funding Number: the Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC)
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