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Research on the clinical effect and mechanism of electroacupuncture in preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients

Research on the clinical effect and mechanism of electroacupuncture in preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025000887
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-05-02
Start date
2025-05-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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

Conditions

Various diseases meeting the indications for general anesthesia surgery

Interventions

electroacupuncture gruop:electroacupuncture intervention
sham electroacupuncture gruop:sham electroacupuncture intervention

Sponsors

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Age between 60 and 80 years (inclusive) gender unrestricted; 2) Scheduled for elective general anesthesia surgery with a surgical grade of IV regardless of surgical category; 3) American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification of I~III; 4) No preoperative cognitive dysfunction: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score >20 (for primary school education) or >24 (for junior high school and above); 5) Voluntary signing of the informed consent form by the patient or their family member. Note: Subjects must meet all of the above criteria to be eligible for enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Pre-existing neurodegenerative diseases stroke mild cognitive impairment vascular dementia severe mental illnesses (such as schizophrenia anxiety disorders or depression) epilepsy cranial brain injury intracranial tumors etc. that affect cognitive function before surgery; 2) Illiterate subjects; 3) Severe internal medical diseases insulin resistance in diabetes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease history of alcohol addiction before surgery; 4) Preoperative use of analgesics sedative-hypnotics antipsychotics etc. with drug dependence; 5) Accompanied by sensory impairments such as visual or auditory impairments or speech disorders; 6) Intraoperative occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents shock respiratory or cardiac arrest; 7) Surgery duration exceeding 4 hours or intraoperative blood loss exceeding 500 ml; 8) Postoperative awakening time exceeding 24 hours; 9) Postoperative complications such as hepatic encephalopathy severe bleeding infection tissue and organ failure etc.; 10) History of acupuncture experience within the past 3 months; 11)Patients with implanted pacemakers; 12)Local skin at the acupuncture site has damage skin diseases infections or bleeding tendencies; 13)Currently participating in other clinical studies. Note: Any subject who meets any of the above criteria will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
the incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction;the incidence of adverse events;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
postoperative sleep quality scores (PSQI);serum S100ß levels;days of postoperative hospitalization;serum IL-6 levels;serum TNF-a levels;postoperative recovery time;postoperative cognitive function scores (MMSE);serum IL-1ß levels;the incidence of acupuncture-related adverse reactions;postoperative pain scores (VAS);serum NSE levels;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactJia Zhou

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

pdzhoujia@163.com18017306677

Outcome results

None listed

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