Acupuncture for Catheter-Related-Bladder Discomfort After Transurethral Surgery

Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Catheter-related-bladder Discomfort

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture; Other: Sham Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06196437

2023-KY-109

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating catheter-related-bladder discomfort in adults after bladder outlet obstruction surgery.

Full description

This randomized, controlled trial is aimed to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of catheter-related-bladder discomfort (CRBD) in adults after bladder outlet obstruction surgery. Eligible participants will be randomly allocated to acupuncture or sham acupuncture.

To minimize the evaluation bias, the outcome assessors and statisticians will be masked to treatment allocation besides participants.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18-75 years old, signed informed consent
• Clinical diagnosis of bladder neck obstruction or benign prostatic obstruction
• Transurethral holmium laser resection of the prostate/transurethral cystoscopy posterior urethral decompression of the bladder neck was planned

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing lower urinary tract surgery due to other diseases
• Complicated with urinary tract infection, urinary calculi, urethral stricture, neurogenic bladder, chronic interstitial cystitis
• Receiving treatment for other medical conditions that may affect bladder function
• Patients with severe heart, lung, cerebrovascular, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system and mental diseases
• Patients with contraindications to acupuncture treatment or fear acupuncture treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive acupuncture, five times per day form pre-operation to 3 days after operation. The selected acupoints include RN3,RN4, bilateral ST36,SP6,SP9 and LR3. All acupoints areas have been sterilized before acupuncture. needles (Ф0.30×50mm) will be directly inserted at a depth of 25-30 mm deep. Arrival of Qi by acupuncture and needle retaining for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

Sham acupuncture

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants will receive shame acupuncture, five times per day form pre-operation to 3 days after operation. The selected non-acupoints nearby RN3,RN4, bilateral ST36, SP6,SP9 and LR3, All acupoints areas have been sterilized before acupuncture. needles (Ф0.30×50mm) will be directly inserted at a depth of 5 mm deep. Needle retaining for 20 minutes and without needle manipulation.

Treatment:

Other: Sham Acupuncture