Pretreatment With Electroacupuncture to Reduce Discomfort

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Procedure: electroacupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02077270

SHEBA-14-9733-DC-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main hypothesis is that performance of electroacupuncture before colonoscopy reduces pain during the exam.

Full description

To assess the efficacy of pre-colonoscopic electroacupuncture in reducing discomfort during colonoscopy.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult Patients referred for their first colonoscopy in the department of GI in Sheba, Tel Hashomer

Exclusion criteria

1. Ages <18y >75y
2. Any prior gastrointestinal endoscopy.
3. History of colonic resection.
4. Known or suspected stenosis of the colon.
5. Pregnancy.
6. Inflammatory bowel disease
7. Neuropsychiatric disorders or receiving psychotropic drugs.
8. Prior knowledge or experience of acupuncture.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

electroacupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

patients in whom precolonoscopic electroacupuncture is preformed

Treatment:

Procedure: electroacupuncture

Sham electroacupuncture

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

sham electroacupuncture

Treatment:

Procedure: electroacupuncture

No intervantion

Sham Comparator group

Description:

no intervantion

Treatment:

Procedure: electroacupuncture