Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation of P6 to Prevent Postoperation Nausea and Vomiting

NCT02096835 ↗

Completed 157 enrolled Huashan Hospital

RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindPrevention

Summary

The purpose of this study is to access the effect of TEAS of P6 in the prevention of PONV in women scheduled for gynecologic laparoscopic surgery with general anesthesia.

Timeline

Start: 2014-01
Primary completion: 2014-12
Completion: 2015-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The incidence of 24 h PONV in Group Acu was significantly lower than that in Group Dxm (P=0.048; odds ratio 0.389; 95% CI 0.170-0.891). PMID 26507494 ↗

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Acustimulation vs Tropisetron vs Control; p = 0.021; Chi-squared NCT02096835 ↗

Publications

Yang XY, Xiao J, Chen YH, Wang ZT, Wang HL, He DH, Zhang J. Dexamethasone alone vs in combination with transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation or tropisetron for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in gynaecological patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2015 Dec;115(6):883-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/aev352. Epub 2015 Oct 27.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	10 mg	Intravenous
Comparator	Tropisetron	Small molecule	5 mg	Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.