NCT03230045 (DALAS) is a NA clinical trial of acupoint stimulation in Pulmonary Complication, sponsored by Air Force Military Medical University, China.

Who is sponsoring NCT03230045?

NCT03230045 is sponsored by Air Force Military Medical University, China.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03230045?

Interventions in NCT03230045: acupoint stimulation, no treatment.

What condition does NCT03230045 study?

NCT03230045 studies Pulmonary Complication, Postoperative Complications.

Is NCT03230045 still recruiting?

NCT03230045 is currently status unknown. Last updated 30 October 2018.

Last reviewed 2018-10-30 · How we verify

NCT03230045: DALAS

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Published: 2026-01-01
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Dual Acupoints Stimulation Alleviates Pulmonary Complication

Status unknown NA Last updated 30 October 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing acupoint stimulation in Pulmonary Complication in 268 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

10 July 2017

Primary endpoint
10 December 2018

10 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Air Force Military Medical University, China
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	268
Start date	10 July 2017
Primary completion	10 December 2018
Estimated completion	10 December 2018
Sites	3 locations across China

Drugs / interventions tested

acupoint stimulation
no treatment — full drug profile →

Conditions studied

Pulmonary Complication — all drugs for Pulmonary Complication →
Postoperative Complications — all drugs for Postoperative Complications →

Sponsor

Air Force Military Medical University, China

Who can join

65 and older, any sex, with Pulmonary Complication or Postoperative Complications. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Stimulation at acupoints could be of beneficial effects during the perioperative period. In this study the investigators tend to verify the effect of dual acupoints stimulation on pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery in aged patients.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Effect of dual-acupoint and single-acupoint electric stimulation on postoperative outcomes in elderly patients subjected to gastrointestinal surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Lu ZH, Dong HL, Huang-Fu JW, Fan XJ, et al · · 2018 · cited 1× · PMID 30514358 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-018-3052-2

Verify or expand the search:

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Currently open trials in the same condition.

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Other Air Force Military Medical University, China trials

Trials by the same sponsor.

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NCT07365345 — Frequency of Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Hypotension in TAVR Patients · NA · recruiting
NCT07338448 — Electrical Acupoint Stimulation on Gastric Reflux During I-gel Ventilation · NA · not yet recruiting

Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03230045 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Air Force Military Medical University, China
Last refreshed: 30 October 2018

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