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Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Patients Undergoing Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local Anesthesia
Sponsor: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Summary
Prostate biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of prostate cancer, and transperineal puncture is a common approach. It has the advantages of no bowel preparation and relative safety. At present, transperineal puncture is often performed under local anesthesia, but there are still clinical problems such as pain and anxiety for patients. Electroacupuncture is often used as an auxiliary means of local anesthesia in China, which has the advantages of analgesia and anti-anxiety. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture combined with local anesthesia in transperineal needle biopsy.
Official title: Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Patients Undergoing Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Under Local Anesthesia: a Randomized, Single-blind, Sham-electroacupuncture Parallel Control, Multi-center Clinical Trial
Key Details
Gender
MALE
Age Range
18 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
190
Start Date
2025-12-28
Completion Date
2026-09-28
Last Updated
2025-12-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
electroacupuncture
Sterile acupuncture needles (Huatuo brand, specification: 0.25mm\*40mm) were applied to Hegu (Li4), Neiguan (PC 6), Guanyuan (CV 4) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) by twidling, rotating, lifting and thrusting for 30 seconds. After getting qi (a feeling of acid, numbness, weight and swelling), the electronic acupuncture instrument (SDZ-II type, Huatuo brand) was connected, and the continuous wave was 50HZ. The current intensity was 1-5mA (preferably as much as the patient could tolerate without pain).
Sham-electroacupunture
Sham electroacupuncture was applied at the non-meridian and non-acupoint sites 3mm apart from the acupoints in the experimental group. The acupuncture method was shallow acupuncture, only 1-4mm through the skin.