NCT06341270

Efficacy of TEAS on Postoperative Pain and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy

Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Postoperative Pain and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy：a Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 524 (estimated)
• Sponsor: West China Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to access the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on postoperative pain in patients undergoing hepatectomy

Detailed description

Patients who meet the enrollment criteria will be randomized 1:1 to either the transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS#or the sham groups. In the TEAS group, the acupoints are bilateral neiguan (PC6) , Hegu(L14), Yanglingquan(GB34), Zusanli(ST 36) and Renying(ST9) acupoints. Patients will receive TEAS 30min before anesthesia until being discharged from the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). The same treatment for 30 min will be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days after surgery.The stimulation intensity will be adjusted in accordance with the maximal level tolerated by each patient. Patients in the sham group will receive electrode attachment but without stimulation.

Conditions

• Liver Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation	transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) is a contemporary modification of traditional acupuncture that sends electrical impulses into acupoints through electrodes on the skin surface. In the TEAS group, patients will receive TEAS 30min before anesthesia until be discharged from the postanaesthesia care unit (PACU). The same treatment will be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days after surgery.The stimulation intensity will be adjusted in accordance with the maximal level tolerated by each patient.
DEVICE	sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation	Patients in the sham group will receive electrode attachment but without stimulation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-06
• Primary completion: 2026-04-20
• Completion: 2026-12-20
• First posted: 2024-04-02
• Last updated: 2024-07-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China