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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of electroacupuncture on functional constipation.
This study will supply significant evidence for using acupuncture to treat functional constipation(FC), and will help us to identify whether it is a therapeutic effect rather than a placebo effect.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| mosapride | Active Comparator | mosapride |
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| Electro-acupuncture | Experimental | Electro-acupuncture |
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| mosapride + sham acupuncture | Sham Comparator | mosapride + sham acupuncture |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| acupuncture | Device | sterile, disposable needles with a length of 40 mm and a diameter of 0.25 mm (Dongbang® Acupuncture Inc, Korea) |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| number of defecation per week | 3 years |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Guangying Huang, Doctor | Contact | 86-027-8366-3266 | Gyhuang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Xiaohu Xu, Doctor | HUST(Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Feng Hu, Master | Hubei Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology | Recruiting | Wuhan | Hubei | 430000 | China |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
| C062720 | mosapride |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| mosapride | Drug | Mosapride Citrate tablet（5mg），Dainippon Sumitomo pharmaceutical Co.Ltd,Japan |
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| Hubei Provincial Hospital of TCM | Recruiting | Wuhan | Hubei | 430000 | China |
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| Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology | Recruiting | Wuhan | Hubei | 430030 | China |
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