Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) by Acupressure

• Sponsor: Herlev Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00275483
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 132
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 21.1
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 6.3

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether stimulation to the akupressurpoint P6 with a recently developed bracelet are effective preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting; Acupressure Point P6	Device: Vital-band (R)	Phase 4

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 132 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Prevention of PONV by Acupressure. A Study of the Effect of a Recently Generated Danish Bracelet Vital-Band(R) Which Stimulates the Acupressure Point P6
• Study Start Date: May 1, 2005
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Oct 1, 2005
• Actual Study Completion Date: Feb 1, 2007

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Postoperative nausea and vomiting []

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. 1: The use of conventionel antiemetic treatment. []

2. 2: Lenght of stay in the perioperative unit. []

3. 3: overall lenght of stay []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female,

• Non-smoker,

• 18 years,

• ASA 1 or 2,

• Signed patient information,

• IV-anaestesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Male,

• Smoker,

• ASA 3 or 4,

• Pregnancy,

• Nausea and vomiting within the last 24 h before operation,

• Diabetes,

• Carpaltunnel syndrome,

• Lymphedema of arms,

• Eczema of forearm,

• Patients who earlier has undergone removal of lymph nodes in the armpits,

• Inhalation anaestesia.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Herlev University Hospital, department of anaestesiology	Copenhagen	Herlev	Denmark	2730

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Herlev Hospital

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Birgitte Majholm, MD, Herlev Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00275483
• Other Study ID Numbers: Vital-band 01
• First Posted: Jan 12, 2006
• Last Update Posted: May 28, 2008
• Last Verified: May 1, 2008

• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Nausea; Vomiting; Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 28, 2008