NCT07662733Recruiting
Effectiveness of Perioperative Percutaneous Acupuncture on Postoperative Sleep Disturbances and Chronic Pain in Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Resection: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blind, Superiority Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of Perioperative Percutaneous Acupoint Acupuncture on Postoperative Sleep Disturbances in Patients Undergoing Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Resection: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blind, Superiority Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 23 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study evaluates whether acupuncture at specific body points before and after surgery can improve sleep quality and reduce long-term postoperative pain in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer resection. Eligible adult patients will be randomly assigned to receive either true acupuncture or sham (placebo) acupuncture in addition to standard care. Chronic pain will be assessed during hospital stay and up to 6 months after surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 316 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jun 2026
- Start date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Primary completion date
- 28 Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07662733
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 316
- From 13 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 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
- Long-term use of anticonvulsants, antidepressants, or other psychotropic medications.
- Fever (body temperature ≥38.5°C) or clinical evidence of infection (hematological, radiological, and/or microbiological) prior to surgery.
Other illness
- Critical preoperative condition or inability to cooperate.
- History of sleep apnea or moderate to severe snoring.
- Implanted cardiac pacemaker, preoperative sinus bradycardia (heart rate ≤50 bpm), sinoatrial node disease, or second-/third-degree atrioventricular block.
- Known hypersensitivity or allergy to the study materials (needles/devices) or related medications.
- Severe cardiac, hepatic, or renal dysfunction.
- Hearing and/or language communication impairment.
- Planned reoperation, or anticipated postoperative recurrence, severe complications, or critical illness requiring exclusion from follow-up.
Other
- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) ≥7 or Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) score ≥6.
- Participation in another clinical trial within the past 3 months.
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients aged 18-75 years scheduled for elective video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer resection.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification I-II.
- Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5 and 28 kg/m².
- Clinical tumor stage according to the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC TNM Classification: cTis-3N0-1M0.
- Mentally competent, able to understand and correctly use the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for pain assessment.
- Willing and able to provide written informed consent prior to study participation.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai First People's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Recruiting |
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