TEAS-induced Analgesia: Dual vs Single Acupoints (TADS)

Air Force Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pain; Postoperative; Acute Pain

Treatments: Other: electrode attached but no stimulation; Other: transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02543580

xijingmazui24

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation(TEAS) at single acupoint or dual acupoints on opioid consumption and postoperative pain in patients undergoing radical mastectomy

Enrollment: 153 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aged from 18 to 65 yrs
• body mass index (BMI) of 18 to 30 kg/m2
• elective radical mastectomy under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• contradictions to electric stimulation
• difficulties in communication
• histories of general anesthesia, drug or alcohol abuse or addiction
• cardiac dysfunction or severe hypertension, confirmed hepatic dysfunction and renal impairment
• participants recruited into other clinical trials during last three months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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153 participants in 3 patient groups

single acupoint

Experimental group

Description:

transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation is given at bilateral neiguan or 30min before anesthesia induction

Treatment:

Other: transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation

double acupoints

Experimental group

Description:

transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation is given at Danzhong and bilateral neiguan or 30min before anesthesia induction

Treatment:

Other: transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation

sham electroacupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

electrode attached but no stimulation

Treatment:

Other: electrode attached but no stimulation