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Status unknownNCT02951611Updated Mar 17, 2017

Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation on Systemic Inflammation

An interventional study of Acupuncture stimulation and Sham stimulation in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer, sponsored by RenJi Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-03-17.

Sponsored by RenJi Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2016), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

60 ASA physical status I or II patients, aged 18-75 years old , scheduled for elective video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy surgery,will be randomized into 2 groups,with 30 patients in each group: 1. control group and 2. treatment group. Patients in treatment group will receive transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS) during the surgery and at 6h and 24h after surgery. Patients in the control group received only TIVA general anesthesia and sham electrical stimulation. Serum from patients of both groups will be collected at before surgery, 1h and 25h after surgery, respectively. Serum levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, CXCL8, IFN gamma and IL-4 at different time points will be measured and compared between the two groups.

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60 ASA physical status I or II patients, aged 18-75 years old , scheduled for elective video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy surgery,will be randomized into 2 groups,with 30 patients in each group: 1. control group, who will receive total intravenous anesthesia(TIVA) and sham stimulation; and 2. treatment group, who will receive (TIVA) and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation(TEAS). Since 30 min before induction of anesthesia, patients in treatment group will be stimulated at the 4 acupoints , Houxi、Zhigou、Neiguan and Hegu on both sides by Han's Acupoint Nerve Stimulator(HANS) until the end of the operation. At 6h and 24h after surgery, patients in treatment group will receive TEAS again, for 30 min each time.The frequency was 2/100Hz,the stimulate intensity was the maximum current that could be tolerated when the patients were awake.The control group received only TIVA general anesthesia and sham electrical stimulation.Serum from patients of both groups will be collected at before surgery, 1h and 25h after surgery, respectively and serum levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, CXCL8, IFN gamma and IL-4 at different time points will be measured. The primary outcome measures are serum TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta levels at 25h after surgery. The secondary outcome measures include serum levels of TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, CXCL8, Th1/Th2 ratio (by calculating IFN gamma/IL-4) at 1h post surgery and serum levels of CXCL8, Th1/Th2 ratio at 25h post surgery.

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Conditions studied

  • Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
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In context

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

6,488 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; 1,632 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 62 across 5,213 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung.

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Lead sponsor

RenJi Hospital is the lead sponsor of 535 studies on the registry; 244 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) and will have elective video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy surgery
  • ASA grade 1-2
  • BMI between 18 to 31 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • with a history of thoracic surgery
  • Unwilling to receive transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation
  • BMI ≥ 32 kg/m2
  • Infection or scars at the acupoints
  • periphery nerve injury at the upper or lower limbs
  • Severe liver, renal, brain or lung disease
  • Drug abuse
  • Patients who cannot coordinate with investigators, such as dysphasia,severe infectious disease and disturbance of consciousness
  • Patients participating other trials
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Sham comparator
    Sham stimulation

    Put the electrodes on SI3, SJ6, PC6 and LI4 without stimulation.

    Procedure: Sham stimulation

  • Experimental
    Treatment: Acupuncture stimulation

    Stimulate the SI3, SJ6, PC6 and LI4 since 30 minutes before anesthesia induction until the end of operation. Stimulate again at above acupoints at 6 and 24h after operation, for 30 minutes each time. The stimulation frequency is 2/100Hz. The stimulation current is two to three times of the lowest current that the patient can feel.

    Procedure: Acupuncture stimulation

Interventions

  • ProcedureAcupuncture stimulation

    Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on SI3, SJ6, PC6 and LI4

  • ProcedureSham stimulation

    Put electrodes on SI3, SJ6, PC6 and LI4 without stimulation

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. serum TNF-α level

    Time frame: at 25 hour after surgery

  2. serum IL-1β level

    Time frame: at 25 hour after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. serum TNF-α level

    Time frame: at 1 hour after surgery

  2. serum IL-1β level

    Time frame: at 1 hour after surgery

  3. serum CXCL8 level

    Time frame: at 1 hour after surgery

  4. serum CXCL8 level

    Time frame: at 25 hour after surgery

  5. serum Th1/Th2 ratio

    Time frame: at 1 hour after surgery

  6. serum Th1/Th2 ratio

    Time frame: at 25 hour after surgery

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Renji hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University
    Shanghai, Shanghai 200127, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 17, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02951611
Lead sponsor
RenJi Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 1, 2016
Start date
Nov 2016
Primary completion
Jun 2017 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 17, 2017

Study contacts

Jie Tian, PhD,MD
Contact
vaseline2001@hotmail.com
86-21-68383702
Fan Zhang
Contact
597158323@qq.com
86-21-68383702
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