Electroacupuncture for abdominal pain relief in patients with acute pancreatitis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that electroacupuncture (EA) reduces the severity of acute pancreatitis. However, the effect of EA for pain relief in patients with acute pancreatitis has not been evaluated yet. The purpose of this study was to prove the efficacy of EA for pain relief in patients with acute pancreatitis compared with conventional treatment.

Methods

This study is a randomized, controlled, three-arm, parallel-group, multi-center trial. Patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis are enrolled and randomly assigned to EA 1, EA 2, or a control group in a 1:1:1 ratio. All the enrolled patients basically receive the conventional standard-of-care therapy for acute pancreatitis. Local EA is given in group EA 1, while local with additional distal EA is given in g

SUBMITTER: Jang DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956919 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature