# Acupuncture for the Treatment of Postoperative Ileus After Gastrointestinal Surgery

> **NCT04713241** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Case Comprehensive Cancer Center**

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Ileus
- Gastrointestinal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Electro-acupuncture
- **OTHER:** Standard of Care Bowel rest

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04713241
- **Lead sponsor:** Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2022-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03
- **Final completion:** 2023-03
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** PI left
- **Last updated:** 2022-03-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04713241

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04713241, "Acupuncture for the Treatment of Postoperative Ileus After Gastrointestinal Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04713241. Licensed CC0.

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