NCT07888777Not yet recruiting
Manual Acupuncture for Intradialytic Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis
The Effect of Manual Acupuncture on Intradialytic Nausea and Vomiting Scores in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Routine Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Nov 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate the immediate effects of acupuncture therapy at three specific acupuncture points (PC6, ST36, and KI3) on intradialysis nausea and vomiting in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing regular hemodialysis. The outcome will be assessed using the Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching (RINVR) score one hour during the treatment and two hours after completion of hemodialysis.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 15 Oct 2026
- Start date
- Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- NCT number
- NCT07888777
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 20
- From Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, Nov 2026
- 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
- Subjects with a history of hypersensitivity reactions to previous acupuncture therapy, including stainless steel allergy, atopy, keloid formation, or other hypersensitivity reactions.
Other illness
- Subjects with malignancies or infected wounds at the acupuncture point sites intended for intervention.
- Subjects with primary skin diseases, such as allergic dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, neurodermatitis, and psoriasis.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who experience intradialytic nausea and vomiting, undergo routine hemodialysis twice weekly for at least 6 months, and are hemodynamically stable.
- Subjects aged 18-59 years.
- Subjects who have not received acupuncture therapy within at least one month prior to the study.
- Subjects who are willing to participate in the study according to the scheduled protocol until completion and who have signed the informed consent form.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 59 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universitas Indonesia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jakarta Pusat | Indonesia | Unknown status |
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