NCT06275165Completed
The Effects of Acupressure on Improving Postoperative Gastrointestinal Symptom Distress in Esophageal Cancer Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is a quasi-experimental design clinical trial with the primary objective of comparing the health status of patients with esophageal cancer. Participants were divided into an experimental group and a control group. Patients in the experimental group received routine care and acupressure for 5 consecutive days starting from the day after entering the ward after esophageal cancer surgery, in the control group, participants received routine care, and Participants were assessed on the Gastrointestinal Symptom Distress Scale at the end of the intervention. The aim of this study was to verify the effectiveness of acupressure in improving of gastrointestinal symptoms distress after esophageal cancer surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 Feb 2024
- Start date
- 27 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 18 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- CHEN, CHIA-CHEN
- Diseases
- Gastric and esophageal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT06275165
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 48
- From 27 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 18 Jul 2025
- 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
- Diagnosed and treated for peripheral vascular disease within 3 months prior to surgery.
- Those who are suffering from blood diseases with abnormal coagulation function, or Currently taking anticoagulant drugs.
Other illness
- Those with unstable vital signs and septicemia infection after surgery.
Other
- Pregnant or lactating women
Who the study is looking for
- Hospitalized men and women who agree to participate in this study
- Patients diagnosed with esophageal cancer based on pathological tissue section results
- Nutritional support through jejunostomy in post esophagectomy patients
- A sufficient level of education to understand study procedures and be able to communicate with site personnel
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Gung Memotial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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