Acupuncture meets medicine: new combo targets Post-Surgery nausea
NCT ID NCT07480785
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether adding a gentle electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) to a standard three-drug anti-nausea regimen can further reduce vomiting after laparoscopic surgery. Researchers will compare active TEAS to a sham (fake) version in 780 women at high risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting. The goal is to find a better way to ease this common side effect.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 780 people
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- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Women scheduled for laparoscopic surgery ; * Aged 18-65 years; * ASA Class I-III; * Apfel score ≥ 3 (female sex, non-smoker, history of PONV and/or motion sickness). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of allergy to the investigational drug or contraindications; * Long-QT syndrome ; * Pregnancy, lactation, or menstruation ; * Current smoker; * Nausea/vomiting or use of antiemetics, opioids, or systemic corticosteroids within 24 h before surgery; * Requirement for post-operative sedation and mechanical ventilation ; * Severe renal or hepatic impairment ; * Psychiatric or neurological disorder ; * Vertebrobasilar insufficiency; * Vestibular disease; * Language or communication barrier ; * Skin lesion or infection at the acupoint stimulation site ; * Upper-limb nerve injury ; * Implanted cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator ; * Participation in another clinical trial within the past 4 weeks.
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Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, China
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