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Acupuncture and/or Diclectin Treatment for Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy: A Two by Two factorial Trial (NVPAct)

Acupuncture and/or Diclectin Treatment for Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy : A Two by Two factorial Trial (NVPAct)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2000003272
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-05-03
Start date
2020-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

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

Conditions

Vomiting of Pregnancy

Interventions

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
20 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects aged 20 to 45 years; 2. Subjects who were pregnant for 7-14 weeks (49-98 days, calculated according to the last menstruation); 3. Subjects whose score of pregnancy nausea and vomiting scale >=6; 4. Subjects whose body weight is less than 20% of normal body weight at the early stage of pregnancy; 5. Subjects with pregnancy (singleton / multifetal) proved by ultrasound; 6. Subjects willing to sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with major diseases, such as malignant tumor, acute or subacute hepatitis, severe aplastic anemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, acute appendicitis, acute pancreatitis, torch syndrome; 2. Patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and chronic hypertension; 3. Patients with other vomiting diseases, such as thyroid disease, gastroenteritis history, gastrointestinal disease, infectious disease, trophoblastic disease, psychological disorders, etc; 4. Patients with asthma, high intraocular pressure, narrow angle glaucoma, peptic ulcer, pyloric obstruction, bladder neck obstruction and other diseases; 5. Patients who use other antiemetics, such as vitamin B6, ondansetron, metoclopramide, prednisone, etc 6. Patients who are effective in conservative treatment (adjustment of diet and life style); 7. Patients with abnormal physical examination or laboratory examination; 8. Patients with mental disorders; 9. Patients who are allergic to doxyramine, other antihistamines, pyridoxine hydrochloride and any non active ingredients in diclicin; 10. Patients with monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors; 11. The object of driving or operating heavy machinery; 12. Subjects who use alcohol or other central nervous system inhibitors such as diazepam, phenobarbital, etc.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
mean difference in PUQE scores;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
study withdraw;Change in Visual analog scale;Use of other medications (not for NVP);change in NVPQOL;the day-by-day area under the curve for change in PUQE scores from baseline;side effects;mean difference in in Global assessment of well-being after treatment;the amount of Diclectin in each arm where women will continue use of site package medication during one month follow-up if symptoms persist;time loss from employment;The number of women in each group who reported concurrent use of other alternate therapy for NVP;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactXiaoke Wu

First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

xiaokewu2002@vip.sina.com+86 13796025599

Outcome results

None listed

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