TEAS-induced Analgesia: Dual vs Single Acupoints
CompletedNot applicableNCT02543580
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation(TEAS) at single acupoint or dual acupoints on opioid consumption and postoperative pain in patients undergoing radical mastectomy
Study details
- Official title
- Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation Decreases Remifentanil Consumption and Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Radical Mastectomy: Dual Acupoints Versus Single Acupoint in a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Postoperative
- Acute Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Other: transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation
- Other: electrode attached but no stimulation
- Sponsor
- Xijing Hospital
- Start date
- 2015-07
- Primary completion
- 2015-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- China
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * patients aged from 18 to 65 yrs * body mass index (BMI) of 18 to 30 kg/m2 * elective radical mastectomy under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * contradictions to electric stimulation * difficulties in communication * histories of general anesthesia, drug or alcohol abuse or addiction * cardiac dysfunction or severe hypertension, confirmed hepatic dysfunction and renal impairment * participants recruited into other clinical trials during last three months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02543580