Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 and 75 years (either sex); 2. Diarrheal-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D); 3. Type 6 or 7 of the Bristol Stool Form Scale appeared for at least 4 days and type 1 or 2 appeared for less than 4 days in last 2 weeks; The average score of daily abdominal pain was = 3 in the last week.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with the following diseases: inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, celiac disease, Crohn's disease and other organic bowel diseases; diabetes mellitus and abnormal thyroid function; severe acute or chronic organic diseases, kidney or liver diseases; 2. History of previous abdominal surgery (appendectomy, hemorrhoidectomy, or polypectomy greater than 3 months post-surgery are allowed.); 3. Pregnancy or lactation, or history of alcohol and drug abuse; 4. Treated with acupuncture in the last 6 months, or participating in other clinical trials; 5. Usage of IBS medication within 2 weeks before treatment, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) or proprietary Chinese medicine, antidiarrheal, antispasmodic, intestinal antibiotics, probiotics and so on.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effective response rate; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| IBS-SSS;IBS-AR;Likert scale;PHQ-9;Effective response rate at other time points;Fecal traits and defecation frequency;IBS-QOL;Blind method and credibility evaluation;Symptoms of abdominal pain; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactCunzhi Liu
School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed