Acupuncture for Functional Constipation

Acupuncture for Functional Constipation: A Randomized, Patient-Assessor Blinded, Controlled Pilot Clinical Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000926

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-14

Start date

2013-12-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : A study that compares treatment efficacy of acupuncture VS sham acupuncture in the treatment of functional constipation. Treatment regimen: 3 times/week for 4 weeks

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Males and females aged 19 to 65 years old 2. Patients satisfying Rome III criteria for functional constipation 3. Agreed with written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of constipation due to any other cause (inflammatory bowel disease or other structural bowel disease, etc.) 2. History of bowel surgery or cholecystectomy 3. hypothyroidism 4. diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Rome III) 5. insulin-dependent DM, severe medical disease(heart and lung, liver and kidney, malignancy, immunocompromised patients) 6. Pregnant, expecting pregnant or nursing women 7. taking any medication or probitics for constipation within 2 weeks 8. Received acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping or herbal medicine for constipation within 4 weeks 9. Known hypersensitivity reaction after acupuncture treatment or inability to cooperate with acupuncture procedure 10. Those who are not willing to comply with this study protocol

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
defecation frequencies	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
complete spontaneous bowel movement ;Bristol stool scale;Constipation Assessment Scale;Adverse events	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJoo-Hee Kim

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Outcome results