Patients attend a total of 20 scheduled sessions over a period of 24 weeks. All patients complete daily bowel movement and medication diaries for the duration of the study. All interventions are implemented by licensed acupuncturists trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Patients receive monetary compensation for participation. Patients attend a total of 20 scheduled sessions over a period of 24 weeks.
All patients complete daily bowel movement and medication diaries for the duration of the study.
All interventions are implemented by licensed acupuncturists trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Patients receive monetary compensation for participation. Phase Phase II A phase two trial follows phase one. It consists of a larger, randomized sample of patients. The purpose of a phase two trial is to see if the drug is effective at doing what the manufacturer claims it should do.