Efficacy of TEAS on Postoperative Pain and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Liver Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to access the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on postoperative pain in patients undergoing hepatectomy

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06341270

Run by

West China Hospital

People needed

524

Starts

2024-05-06

Expected to finish

2026-12-20

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18-80 years old; ASA physical status classⅠ-Ⅲ; Patients scheduled for elective hepatectomy.

You may not qualify if…

• Have a history of epilepsy; Rash or local infection over the acupoint stimulation skin area; Pregnancy or breastfeeding; Mental retardation, psychiatric, or neurological disease; Inability to comprehend the numeric rating scale (NRS); Implantation of a cardiac pacemaker, cardioverter, or defibrillator; Chronic opioid use; Metastases in other organs;

Where it is running

• West China Hospital — Chengdu, Sichuan, China (enrolling)

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