Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT02077270
Pretreatment With Electroacupuncture to Reduce Discomfort
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The main hypothesis is that performance of electroacupuncture before colonoscopy reduces pain during the exam.
Detailed description
To assess the efficacy of pre-colonoscopic electroacupuncture in reducing discomfort during colonoscopy.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | electroacupuncture | Patients allocated to this arm will receive electro-acupuncture bilaterally on the following points which are considered relevant both for sedation and abdominal distention:LI4 (Hegu),ii. St36 (Zusanli), Sp6 (Sanyinjiao), St25 (Tianshuv),. Du20 (Baihui), |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-11-01
- Completion
- 2017-11-01
- First posted
- 2014-03-04
- Last updated
- 2015-11-17
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02077270. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.