🌐 EnglishEN

AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

TEAS Timing for Gastrectomy Recovery (TEAS-TIME Trial)

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 80 YearsAllThe Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University
NCT07714980 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) works to help people recover faster after laparoscopic surgery for stomach cancer. TEAS is a treatment that uses small electrical pulses through sticky pads on the skin. It does not use needles. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does TEAS help people pass gas (a sign that the digestive system is waking up) sooner after surgery? Does TEAS help lower pain after surgery? Does TEAS reduce the need for extra pain medication after surgery? Researchers will compare three groups to see if TEAS works better when given before, during, and after surgery compared with only after surgery. Group 1 receives TEAS before, during, and after surgery. Group 2 receives a sham (inactive) treatment before and during surgery, and real TEAS after surgery. Group 3 receives sham treatment at all tim

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

Sign in
📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 to 80 years, both sexes * Endoscopically and radiographically confirmed resectable stage I-III gastric cancer (AJCC 8th edition) * Scheduled to undergo laparoscopic radical gastrectomy * Willing to sign the informed consent form and able to comply with all study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status ≥ IV * Clinical stage IV gastric cancer * Severe hepatic, renal, cardiovascular, or cerebrovascular diseases, or uncontrolled psychiatric disorders that may affect compliance or safety assessment * Participation in another clinical trial or receipt of any form of acupoint stimulation (acupuncture, electroacupuncture, TEAS, etc.) within 1 month prior to enrollment * Continuous use of opioids for more than 3 months prior to enrollment, with a daily dose ≥ 30 mg oral morphine equivalent * Implanted cardiac pacemaker or other electronic stimulation device, or skin infection/lesion at the stimulation site * Pregnancy or lactation * Emergency surgery due to bleeding, perforation, obstruction, etc. * Planned epidural anesthesia for the surgery
💊

What it tests

  • Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation
  • Sham Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation
📍

Where

13 sites
Dongying People's Hospital
Dongying, China
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital
Qingdao, China
Qingdao Municipal Hospital
Qingdao, China
The Third People's Hospital of Qingdao
Qingdao, China
Qingdao Central Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Qingdao, China
Peking University People's Hospital Qingdao
Qingdao, China
Qingdao Chengyang District People's Hospital
Qingdao, China
The People's Hospital of Jimo, Qingdao
Qingdao, China

…and 5 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy