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NCT05612646
The Effect of Acupressure in Improving Constipation Among Inpatients in Neurology Departments
NA trial testing Acupressure in Constipation in 128 participants. Completed in 24 October 2022.
24 October 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Taichung Veterans General Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | quadruple |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 128 |
| Start date | 11 September 2020 |
| Primary completion | 24 October 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 24 October 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Taiwan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Acupressure
- routine nursing and fake acupressure
Conditions studied
- Constipation — all drugs for Constipation →
Sponsor
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Who can join
Adults 20 to 80, any sex, with Constipation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
As a form of non-invasive auxiliary care, Traditional Chinese Medicine acupressure can prevent constipation, reduce medication for constipation, save medical costs, and alleviate constipation among inpatients in neurology departments, as well as improve patients' general ease and comfort of defecation, thereby improving their quality of life. It also provides clinical nursing staff with a more effective, safer, and more comfortable auxiliary method of preventing constipation, and can be used as a reference for the nursing of such patients.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Effect of acupressure on alleviating constipation among inpatients with stroke during the acute phase: A randomized controlled trial.
Nieh HC, Wu PO, Ou SF, Li HP, et al · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 37793306 · DOI 10.1016/j.ctcp.2023.101801
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05612646 (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 Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- Last refreshed: 9 May 2023
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