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Yokukansan for perioperative psychiatric symptoms in cancer patients undergoing high invasive surgery:a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Yokukansan for perioperative psychiatric symptoms in cancer patients undergoing high invasive surgery:a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial - ProD Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000027561
Enrollment
220
Registered
2017-06-04
Start date
2017-08-14
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Preoperative anxiety and postoperative delirium

Interventions

TJ-54 TSUMURA Yokukansan Extract Granules for Ethical Use Oral administration of Yokukansan (7.5g/day t.i.d. before meals) for at least 4 days before operation. Placebo granules. Oral administration

Sponsors

National Cancer Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Histological cancer diagnosis or clinical necessity undertaking neoplasm resection 2.Being scheduled to undergo highly invasive surgery. 3.Marking more than 1 point of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scare-Anxiety (HADS-A) in registration 4.Feasibility of oral Yokukansan administration 5.Written informed consent to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Drug abuse history including the stimulant drug 2.Delirium diagnosis with DSM-5 in registration 3.Kampo medication within 4 weeks ahead of registration 4.Medical history of serious drug allergy 5.Grade2 Hypokalemia or worse of CTCAE v4.0 within 8 weeks ahead of registration 6.Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy planned within 1 week after surgery 7.Participation in other clinical trials, which use other medicine, within 3 months ahead of registration 8.Being judged as inadequate by physician

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.Change in preoperative anxiety 2.Incidence rate of postoperative delirium

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.Severity of postoperative delirium (DRS-98-R) 2.Duration of postoperative delirium 3.Preoperative Benzodiazepine dose 4.Postoperative antipsychotic dose 5.Postoperative hospitalization days 6.Adverse events/reactions

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSaho Wada

National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Psycho-Oncology

sawada@ncc.go.jp03-3542-2511

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026