# A Clinical Standardization Study of the Preferred Acupuncture Treatment Protocol to Treat Functional Constipation

> **NCT00508482** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences** · enrollment: 475 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Constipation

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** deep needling
- **DRUG:** Lactulose
- **OTHER:** shallow needling

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00508482
- **Lead sponsor:** Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-04
- **Primary completion:** 2011-09
- **Final completion:** 2011-11
- **Target enrollment:** 475 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2014-06-04

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00508482

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00508482, "A Clinical Standardization Study of the Preferred Acupuncture Treatment Protocol to Treat Functional Constipation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00508482. Licensed CC0.

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