NCT01350570

Acupuncture for Patients With Diarrhea-predominant IBS or Functional Diarrhea: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Acupuncture for Functional Bowel Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 449 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This trial is to assess the effectiveness of three types of acupuncture for patients with functional diarrhea comparing to a positive drug control.

Detailed description

Outcome measurements: The frequency of bowel movement; The bristol stool scale; SF-36 evaluation

Conditions

• Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Functional Diarrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	acupuncture	acupuncture group1, acupoints ST25 and BL25 will be used in this trial.
OTHER	acupuncture group2	Acupoints LI11 and ST37 will be used in this group. LI11 is located at upper limb while ST37 is located at the lower limb.
OTHER	acupuncture group3	All acupoints used in acupuncture group1 and group2 will be used in this group.
DRUG	Loperamide	Loperamide will be used in this group for a dose of 2mg a time, three time a day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-09-01
• First posted: 2011-05-10
• Last updated: 2015-04-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China