NCT04816201

Electroacupuncture to Assist Ventilator Weaning in Severe Stroke

Electroacupuncture to Assist Ventilator Weaning in Severe Stroke: a Randomized, Sham-controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture in assisting ventilator weaning in patients with severe stroke

Detailed description

Disuse atrophy of the major respiratory muscles and diaphragmatic dysfunction often develop during mechanical ventilation, and cause difficulties in ventilator weaning. Electroacupuncture was indicated to promote activities of diaphragm and improve diaphragmatic function. Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture in assisting ventilator weaning in patients with severe stroke. 100 eligible patients will be randomly assigned to receive electroacupuncture or sham electroacupuncture treatment one session per day until the success of ventilator weaning (up to 21 days). The primay outcome is the ventilation duration within 21 days after enrollment.

Conditions

• Severe Stroke
• Electroacupuncture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electroacupuncture	Electroacupuncture at Xuanji (CV21), Danzhong (CV27), Qihai (CV06), Guanyuan (CV04), and bilateral Liangmen (ST21) and Zusanli (ST36).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2021-03-25
• Last updated: 2024-05-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China