Effect Comparison of Electro-acupuncture and Prucalopride for Severe Chronic Constipation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

560

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2014

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2017

Conditions
Constipation
Interventions
PROCEDURE

acupuncture

Electro-acupuncture at bilateral ST25, SP14 ,and ST37. Patients will be treated once per day for 30 minutes, 5 times/week for the first 2 weeks and 3 times/week for the next 6 weeks. Each treatment cycle will include 28 sessions for continuous 8 weeks.

DRUG

Prucalopride

Prucalopride Succinate will be taken orally at the dose of 2mg/day in the morning before breakfast. Each treatment cycle will be given for continuous 32 weeks.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China

OTHER_GOV

lead

Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

OTHER

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