Menu
Not yet recruiting NCT07238504

Acupuncture for Post-hemorrhoidectomy Pain Control

No phase Interventional Hemorrhoidectomy Hemorrhoid Pain Acupuncture

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Acupuncture, Acupuncture.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Hemorrhoidectomy, Hemorrhoid Pain, Acupuncture. Basic parameters: 18 years — 90 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Next step
Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →

Unsure about the terms? Read our patient guide →

Official title

Acupuncture for Post-hemorrhoidectomy Pain Control With Acute Anti-inflammatory Effects: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture improves pain control after hemorrhoidectomy in patients with symptomatic hemorrhoids. It will also learn about the safety of using acupuncture in surgical patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does acupuncture lower the maximal pain intensity after hemorrhoidectomy? Does acupuncture reduce analgesics requirement, length of hospital stay and quality of recovery? Researchers will compare fully active acupuncture to a sham treatment (a look-alike procedure with minimum acupuncture stimulation) to see if active acupuncture works to improve pain control. Participants will: Receive acupuncture treatment for 7 times over first 5 days after surgery. Visit the clinic once 2 weeks after surgery for checkups and tests. Keep a diary of their symptoms and the number of times they take pain-killers.

Interventions

  • Procedure Acupuncture
    Acupuncture to 6 specific acupoints, 3 distant acupoints and electrical stimulation to 4 pairs of local acupoints.
  • Procedure Acupuncture
    Minimal electrical stimulation to 1 local acupoint and 2 distant acupoints

Primary outcome measures

  • Maximal pain intensity [Time frame: Post-operative day 1]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
  • Maximal and resting pain intensity [Time frame: Post-operative day 0, 2 to 7 and 14]
  • Dosage of analgesics requirement [Time frame: Post-operative 2 weeks]
  • Length of hospital stay [Time frame: Post-operative day 1]
  • Functional recovery questionnaire [Time frame: Post-operative 1 week (time to first bowel motion, time to first urination and time to return to work, counted from the day of operation)]
  • Adverse effect [Time frame: Post-operative 2 weeks]
  • Quality of recovery (QoR) [Time frame: Post-operative day 1]
  • Serum C-reactive protein level [Time frame: Post-operative day 0 and 1]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic grade III or IV hemorrhoids undergoing conventional hemorrhoidectomy

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients scheduled for stapled hemorrhoidopexy
  • Concomitant surgery other than conventional hemorrhoidectomy
  • Bleeding tendency, thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 100 x 10\^9/L)
  • Immunocompromised status or use of chemotherapy
  • Active dermatitis
  • Patients with pacemaker or automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
  • Pregnant patients
  • Known allergy to opioids, local anaesthetic drugs, paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) including cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors
  • History of chronic pain (duration for 3 months or more)
  • Daily use of strong opioids (e.g. morphine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone, oxycodone, or meperidine)
  • Alcohol or drug abuse
  • Psychiatric illness
  • Impaired renal function (preoperative serum creatinine level > 120µmol/L)
  • Recent acupuncture treatment for other medical conditions

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple blind
Primary purpose
Treatment

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07238504 · UW 25-302

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗