Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) by Acupressure

Prevention of PONV by Acupressure. A Study of the Effect of a Recently Generated Danish Bracelet Vital-Band(R) Which Stimulates the Acupressure Point P6

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00275483

Enrollment

132

Registered

2006-01-12

Start date

2005-05-31

Completion date

2007-02-28

Last updated

2008-05-28

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Conditions

Acupressure Point P6, Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether stimulation to the akupressurpoint P6 with a recently developed bracelet are effective preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Interventions

DEVICEVital-band (R)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Female, * Non-smoker, * \>18 years, * ASA 1 or 2, * Signed patient information, * IV-anaestesia.

Exclusion criteria

* Male, * Smoker, * ASA 3 or 4, * Pregnancy, * Nausea and vomiting within the last 24 h before operation, * Diabetes, * Carpaltunnel syndrome, * Lymphedema of arms, * Eczema of forearm, * Patients who earlier has undergone removal of lymph nodes in the armpits, * Inhalation anaestesia.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Postoperative nausea and vomiting	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1: The use of conventionel antiemetic treatment.	—
2: Lenght of stay in the perioperative unit.	—
3: overall lenght of stay	—

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026