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Electroacupuncture to improve bowel function in LARS patients after low anterior resection for rectal cancer

Electroacupuncture to improve bowel function in LARS patients after low anterior resection for rectal cancer—protocol of a multicenter cohort study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300076641
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-10-13
Start date
2023-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-08-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

low anterior resection syndrome

Interventions

Electroacupuncture group:NA
None electroacupuncture group:NA

Sponsors

Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with pathological diagnosis of rectal cancer after resection of rectal cancer (without preventive stomy); 2. Aged 18-75 years old; 3. Consistent with LARS diagnosis, LARS scale score >= 21 points; 4. Expected survival time >= 6 months; 5. Sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Abnormal defecation caused by drugs, infections, or other diseases (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome, radiation enteritis, central nervous system Injury, etc.). 2. Coagulation dysfunction or severe systemic diseases. 3. Combined anastomotic stenosis, anastomotic leakage, anastomotic bleeding, intestinal perforation and other postoperative complications or local tumour recurrence; Patient with multiple primary bowel cancer or received neoadjuvant therapy. 4. Those who have intellectual disability or psychiatric history that unable to cooperate. 5. Those who are participating in other clinical trials.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of patients with reduced defecation dysfunction as judged by LARS scale score;Proportion of reductions from baseline in the average number of bowel movements per day ;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Value of change from baseline in LARS score;Values of change from baseline in FIQL scale scores;Daily number of defecation;Value of change from baseline in mean defecation pain vas score;Score change from baseline of urgency of defecation ;Frequency of leakage of stool;Patient satisfaction;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactLiu Jia

Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

marie_liujia@163.com+86 188 1087 7011

Outcome results

None listed

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