Efficacy of Acupuncture in Refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2020
The trial aims to examine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of refractory irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The investigators will include 170 participants to receive acupuncture plus usual care or sham acupuncture plus usual care. Twelve sessions of acupuncture will be delivered to participants over a period of 4 weeks. The primary outcome is defined as proportion of participants with adequate relief of global IBS symptoms at week 8, which is defined as \>50% reduction in IBS-SSS scale.
Epistemonikos ID: 30432054ee4848ce6a5b93d38c30474fb1eb4d30
First added on: May 07, 2024