TEAS to Reduce Propofol Consumption During General Anesthesia (TOP)

Air Force Military Medical University of People's Liberation Army

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: acupoint stimulation; Other: electrodes attached; Other: non-acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02314650

XJH-A-2014-6-25-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is aimed at whether transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) during general anesthesia could reduce the need for propofol in patients undergoing minor surgery.

Enrollment: 162 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing minor surgeries including laparoscopic surgery and breast surgery under general anesthesia
• Patients with written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with difficulty to communicate,including psychiatric disorder and Alzheimer's disease
• Patients with drug abuse
• Patients with disease of central nervous system
• Patients with renal or hepatic dysfunction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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162 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Transcutaneous acupoint stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Electrical stimulation was given through electrodes attached to skin at Ximen and Shenmen acupoint during anesthesia

Treatment:

Other: electrodes attached

Other: acupoint stimulation

Non-acupoint stimulation

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Electrical stimulation was given through electrodes attached to skin at shoulder (non-acupoint) during anesthesia

Treatment:

Other: electrodes attached

Other: non-acupoint stimulation

Control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

patients were with electrodes attached but no stimulation was given

Treatment:

Other: electrodes attached