NCT04560712Active, not recruiting
Acupuncture for the Management of Postoperative Pain in Patients With Pancreatic or Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Surgery
Integrating Acupuncture Into Postoperative Pain Management in Patients Undergoing Open Abdominal Operations
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This trial investigates how well acupuncture works for the management of pain after surgery in patients having open colorectal or pancreatic surgery. Acupuncture may help to reduce postoperative symptoms including pain. This study may help researchers learn if acupuncture reduces after-surgery side effects and improves recovery.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- First submitted
- 27 Jul 2020
- Start date
- 12 Aug 2020
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Pancreatic cancer, Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT04560712
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 70
- From 12 Aug 2020 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior intra-abdominal operation in the past 6 months
Other illness
- Active seizure activity after admission
- Any contraindications to acupuncture including infections or inability to access acupoint sites
Other
- Chronic opioid use \> 90 mg MME (morphine milligram equivalents) for more than 7 days
- Mechanical bowel obstruction
- Compromised cognitive function per referring physician and/or inability to cooperate with acupuncture procedure
- Direct admission to intensive care unit after operation will result in removal from protocol
Who the study is looking for
- Undergoing open gastrointestinal cancer resection (pancreatic or colorectal)
- Must understand and read English
- Sign a written informed consent and willing to follow protocol requirements
- Able to consent to treatment
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
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