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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03619343
Other study ID # 3-2018-0100
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date May 28, 2018
Est. completion date June 18, 2019

Study information

Verified date August 2018
Source Yonsei University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pancreaticoduodenectomy is inevitably an operation requiring extensive skin and muscle incision, resulting in postoperative pain resulting in limitation of the patient's early exercise and function. ETOIMS(Electrical Twitch Obstructive Intramuscular Stimulation) is used to relieve muscle pain and relax muscles. ETOIMS is a method to relieve pain by stimulating muscle in myofascial pain syndrome. ETOIMS as an effective new treatment for pain after pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 44
Est. completion date June 18, 2019
Est. primary completion date February 18, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 20 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy in Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea

- Patients who are able to perform daily activities before surgery and were able to walk independently.

- Adults over 20

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with history of previous open surgery

- Patients who are not able to exercise due to severe musculoskeletal pain except surgery-related diseases

- Patients who can not walk because of difficulty breathing related to myalgia

- Patients who can not exercise due to severe musculoskeletal pain

- Patients who had a limb defect before surgery and were unable to walk without assistive devices and others

- Pregnant / lactating mothers

- Patients who have cognitive impairment and can not answer the questionnaire

- Patients with Pacemaker

- Patients who can not read the consent form

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Disease Status of Pancreatobiliary Tract , ( Especially Who Need to Undergo Pancreaticoduodenectomy)
  • Myalgia

Intervention

Procedure:
ETOIMS(Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation)
When the abdominal wound is closed, the operator performs needle insertion at 14 sites near the incision site under the guidance of ultrasonography. When the needle is in the abdominal muscle, the operator performs muscle stimulation for about 10 seconds per needle insertion.

Locations

Country Name City State
Korea, Republic of GangnamSeverance Hospital Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Yonsei University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Pain: VAS (visual analogue scale) The primary outcome of this study was the postoperative pain score (VAS score) in patients undergoing ETOIMS during surgery. The type of surgery in the experimental group and the control group is the same and the same analgesic agent (IV PCA, Wound PCA) is used. The pain score is measured at 7 o'clock every morning from the day following surgery to discharge (about Postoperative day 10) to confirm the reduced pattern. AM 7:00 morning at Preoperative day and the day following surgery before discharge (Postoperative day 1 - Postoperative day 10)