Trial reportMedicine2018
Effect of acupuncture and its influence on visceral hypersensitivity in IBS-D patients: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global research states and trends of micro RNA in irritable bowel syndrome: a bibliometric analysis.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Symptom effects and central mechanism of acupuncture in patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a systematic review based on fMRI studies.BMC gastroenterology · 2024Pooled it
- Study protocol for a prospective, investigator-initiated clinical trial on the vascular effects of acupuncture in the abdomen and lower limbs for patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Article
- Functional Implications and Clinical Potential of MicroRNAs in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Concise Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Review
- Modulation of visceral pain by brain nuclei and brain circuits and the role of acupuncture: a narrative review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Proteomic analysis of rat colonic mucosa following acupuncture treatment for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Effect of Electroacupuncture Treatment with Different Intensities for Functional Diarrhea: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- Effects of Electroacupuncture on Gastrointestinal Motility Function, Pain, and InflammationDisease markers · 2022Article
- Acupuncture relieves the visceral pain of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome rats by regulating P2X4 expression.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
- Maintenance of Intestinal Homeostasis in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Electroacupuncture Through Submucosal Enteric Glial Cell-Derived S-Nitrosoglutathione.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- An Integrated Gut Microbiota and Network Pharmacology Study on Fuzi-Lizhong Pill for Treating Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Manual Acupuncture at ST37 Modulates TRPV1 in Rats with Acute Visceral Hyperalgesia via Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- Electroacupuncture at ST36 Relieves Visceral Hypersensitivity via the NGF/TrkA/TRPV1 Peripheral Afferent Pathway in a Rodent Model of Post-Inflammation Rectal Hypersensitivity.Journal of inflammation research · 2021Article
- The Role of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 in Common Diseases of the Digestive Tract and the Cardiovascular and Respiratory System.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder associated with visceral hypersensitivity. Increased expression of colonic TRPV1 and decreased expression of microRNA-199 are implicated in the pathogenesis of visceral hypersensitivity in IBS-D patients. Acupuncture is one of the frequently used complementary and alternative therapies for the treatment of IBS. The existing clinical studies mostly use IBS-SSS or other subjective scales, so there is a lack of objective biochemical evidence regarding the effect of acupuncture on IBS. Therefore, we designed this study to investigate whether acupuncture alleviate visceral hypersensitivity by influencing the expression of TRPV1 and microRNA-199.
methodThis study is a randomized, sham-controlled trial involving 40 patients and 10 healthy volunteers. A total of 40 eligible patients with IBS-D will be randomly assigned to a traditional acupuncture group or sham acupuncture group in a 1:1 ratio. Patients will receive 3 acupuncture treatment sessions per week for 12 consecutive weeks, for a total of 36 sessions during the study. The primary outcome measure is the IBS-Symptom Severity Score (IBS-SSS). Secondary outcomes are Visceral Pain Scale and levels of TRPV1 and microRNA-199 in colonic tissues. Healthy volunteers will not receive any clinical intervention. The safety of interventions will be assessed at every visit. DISCUSSION: The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture for IBS-D through IBS-SSS and Visceral Pain Scale. Furthermore, we want to explore the intervention mechanism of acupuncture in improving visceral hypersensitivity by analyzing the colonic TRPV1 and microRNA-199.
trial registrationThis trial is registered with Chinese Clinical Trials Register, ChiCTR-IOR- 17010860(http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=18445).
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