Acupuncture in Postoperative Pain Control for Minimal Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery Patients

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• Last refreshed on: 9 January 2017
• Main ID: NCT02959346
• Date of registration: 03/11/2016
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: China Medical University Hospital
• Public title: Acupuncture in Postoperative Pain Control for Minimal Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery Patients
• Scientific title: Investigate the Efficacy of Acupuncture in Postoperative Pain Control for Minimal Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery Patients
• Date of first enrolment: December 2016
• Target sample size: 100
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02959346
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Taiwan

Contacts

• Name: Ting Yu Lu, MD

• Name: Ting Yu Lu, MD

• Name: Ting Yu Lu, MD
• Affiliation: Division of thoracic surgery, China medical university hospital, Taiwan

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age more than 20-year-old

- Both male and female patients

- Nationality: Republic of China (R.O.C., Taiwan)

- Who received thoracoscopic surgery for benign lung tumor/disease, metastatic lung
tumor, primary lung cancer, mediastinal tumor

Exclusion Criteria:

- Abnormal function of coagulation

- Platelet count less than 20 x 10^3/mm^3

- International normalized ratio (INR) more than 2.5

- Severe comorbidity, for example central vascular, cardiovascular disease, liver/renal
failure

- Who would not cooperate in access, or express appropriately



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Pain Control

Randomized Controlled Trial

Thoracic Surgery

Acupuncture

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Acupuncture

Procedure: Sham Acupuncture

Primary Outcome(s)

Change from baseline pain scale at post operative day 2, after intervention [Time Frame: measure at post-operative day 1, 9AM, before intervention; and post-operative day 2, 5PM, after intervention]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Questionnaire [Time Frame: measure before discharge, an average at post operative day 5]

Opioid dosage [Time Frame: injection times of morphine or ketorolac would be recorded during whole admission, an average of 7 days]

Vital signs [Time Frame: measure during whole admission, an average of 7 days]

Von Frey hair Test [Time Frame: measure at post-operative day 1, 9AM, before intervention; and post-operative day 2, 5PM, after intervention]

Secondary ID(s)

CMUH105-REC2-097

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors