Evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture to prevent nausea and vomiting that usually occured to thyroidectomy patients

Efficacy of acupuncture to Prevent Nausea and Vomiting after Thyroidectomy: Randomized controlled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0001782

Enrollment

108

Registered

2016-01-26

Start date

2016-01-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-25

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : All treatments will be performed by Korean Medicine Doctors with over 2 years of clinical experience and in accordance with predefined protocol and Standard Operating Procedures. Ele

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Female patients aged 19 to 65 years 2) Patients who will receive thyroidectomy at Kyung Hee Universtiy Medical Center 3) Patients who signed consent form after a clear explanation of the purpose and characteristics of the clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with BMI over 25 2) Patients under treatment with GERD 3) Patients take antiemetics 4) Patients treated with gastrointestinal sypmtom within 48 hours of operation 5) Patients take sedatives or antipyschotic medicine within 48 hours of operation 6) Patients take steroid within 48 hours of operation 7) Patients with diabetes mellitus type 1, 2 under treatment 8) Patients diagnosed with glaucoma 9) Patients received lateral neck dissecion combined with thyroidectomy 10) Pathents with history of neck surgery 11) Pregnant women or lactating women or planning pregnancy during study period 12) Patients received acupuncture therapy withing 6 weeks of operation 13) Patients that have deemed inadequate for participation by research investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Occurence of nausea and vomiting	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Severity of nausea and vomiting (11 - point NRS);Length of hospitalization;Postoperative complication;Complication related to the acupuncture;Evaluation of acupuncture safety;Rescue antiemetic drug	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJeong Nam Cho

Kyung Hee University Hospital

jmfor@naver.com+82-2-958-8250

Outcome results