# Electroacupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

> **NCT06537440** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine** · enrollment: 92 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Constipation, Opioid-Induced
- Cancer

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Electroacupuncture

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06537440
- **Lead sponsor:** First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2024-01-10
- **Primary completion:** 2025-10-22
- **Final completion:** 2025-10-30
- **Target enrollment:** 92 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06537440

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06537440, "Electroacupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06537440. Licensed CC0.

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