NCT02469493

The Effect and Mechanism of Electroacupuncture on Acute Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Xidian University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the preventive effect of electroacupuncture and sham acupuncture on acute chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and then investigate its potential mechanism by using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Conditions

• Lung Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	acupuncture (Huatuo)	The needles used were Huatuo brand (Suzhou, China) sterile disposable stainless steel filiform; needles sized 0.25\*25 mm. After disinfection, needles were inserted 0.5 to 0.8 inches into the skin and were manipulated manually to obtain Deqi. An electric stimulator (Huatuo SDZ-V, Suzhou, China) was connected to the needles and delivered a constant-current, 0.2-ms, density-wave, stimulus of 2 to 10-Hz frequency, level of intensity was as much as tolerable, but not painful to the subjects. The needles were left for 30 minutes and then removed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-01
• First posted: 2015-06-11
• Last updated: 2015-06-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China