Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00065234
Acupuncture to Prevent Postoperative Bowel Paralysis (Paralytic Ileus)
Acupuncture to Prevent Postoperative Paralytic Ileus
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (planned)
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · NIH
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if acupuncture is effective in preventing prolonged postoperative paralysis of the gastrointestinal tract among patients undergoing colostomy/ileostomy closure.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Acupuncture |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-09-01
- Completion
- 2006-05-01
- First posted
- 2003-07-22
- Last updated
- 2017-03-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00065234. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.