The analgesic efficacy of electroacupuncture combined with general anesthesia during cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR-TRC-10001086

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2010-10-20

Start date

2008-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-04-18

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Conditions

heart operation

Interventions

group A:acupuncture at Neiguan, Yunmen, lieque acupoints

group C:control group

group B:Sham acupuncture

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male and female aged 18 to 60 years old; 2. New York Heart Association Class, NYHA, I-II; 3. Never received acupuncture anesthesia; 4. Body mass index 19 kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. local infeaction near the selected acupoints; 2. limbs nerve injury; 3. recruited by other clinical trials; 4. hard to communicate; 5. renal or liver disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Intraoperative anesthetic and analgesic Requiremen;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Stress hormone responses;intraoperative vasoactive drugs requiremen;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactXiangrui Wang

xiangruiwang@gmail.com+86 021 68383198

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026