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title: Relieve Parkinson constipation through acupuncture
nct_id: NCT06390761
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: "Xi'an No.3 Hospital"
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06390761"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06390761"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:08:16.716Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Relieve Parkinson constipation through acupuncture

**Goal (in five words):** Relieve Parkinson constipation through acupuncture

**Official Title:** Acupuncture for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Related Constipation

**Trial ID:** [NCT06390761](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06390761)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Xi'an No.3 Hospital
- **Target Enrollment:** 60 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-04-30
- **Completion Date:** 2027-04-30
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease, Constipation, Non-motor Symptom, Randomized Controlled Trial
- **Interventions:** Acupuncture
- **Intervention Types:** PROCEDURE

## Summary For Families

The trial aims to see whether acupuncture can ease the constipation that many people with Parkinson's experience, by increasing bowel movement frequency and improving stool consistency. Needles are placed at specific points to stimulate nerves and influence the autonomic and enteric nervous systems, which may speed intestinal transit and alter pain and motility signaling; acupuncture does not directly affect levodopa and can be used with usual Parkinson's meds, though the study asks participants to stop other drugs that affect gut function for two weeks before starting. They're looking for people aged 35 to 80 with a confirmed Parkinson's diagnosis and functional constipation, at Hoehn-Yahr stage 1 to 3, without major GI disease, recent abdominal surgery, skin problems that prevent needling, pregnancy, or serious life-threatening illnesses. The study plans to enroll about 60 people and asks participants to keep a bowel diary and complete symptom scales.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 35 Years
- **Maximum age:** 80 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

1. A diagnosis of PD (according to the Movement Disorder Society's revised clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease in 2015) and functional constipation (according to the Rome IV diagnostic criteria) ;
2. Age between 35 and 80 years;
3. Hoehn-Yahr grade ≤ 3;
4. No medications taken within 2 weeks that may affect gastrointestinal function (such as prucalopride and probiotics);
5. No anticipation in other clinical trials within 1 month;
6. Voluntary engagement in this study, ability to sign the informed consent, and cooperation in the completion of the bowel diary and scale filling.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Organic lesions of the digestive system (such as intestinal adhesions, obstructions, tumors, or malformations in the gastrointestinal tract);
2. A history of abdominal or anorectal surgery that may affect intestinal transit, systemic diseases that may affect the dynamics of the digestive tract (such as diabetes and hyperthyroidism);
3. Serious life-threatening diseases (such as severe cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors);
4. Skin lesions that were inappropriate for needling, the viscose allergy that prevented acupuncture device attachment;
5. Pregnant or lactating women.
```

## Locations (1)

- Xi 'an No.3 Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China _(34.2583, 108.9286)_
  - Chengxue Du, Doctor — (CONTACT) — +8615771726803 — dcx1014@stu.xjtu.edu.cn

## Central Contacts

- Gejuan Zhang, Doctor — (CONTACT) — +8615934875839 — zhanggejuan@163.com
- Chengxue Du, Doctor — (CONTACT) — +8615771726803 — dcx1014@stu.xjtu.edu.cn

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