NCT00885183

Adjuvant Acupuncture Care for Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Side Effects From Chemotherapy

Adjuvant Acupuncture Care for Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Side Effects From Chemotherapy. A Randomised Controlled Pilot and Feasibility Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of North Norway · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Breast cancer patients report many symptoms while undergoing conventional care, including nausea/vomiting, fatigue, pain, depression and anxiety. Existing interventions to address these common side effects of treatment are limited. Patients diagnosed with cancer frequently seek complementary medicine (CAM), and there is a need to investigate potential effects of CAM therapies. This phased pilot and feasibility study has two aims: 1. Develop an acupuncture treatment protocol for adjuvant acupuncture care for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy using structured interviews with established acupuncture teams in Norway. 2. Implement the treatment protocol in a pilot study to evaluate outcome measures, effect sizes and acceptability of acupuncture care delivered alongside conventional care. Study results will support the design of future research; including a Phase III randomised controlled trial.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture therapy	12 acupuncture treatment sessions for a period of 16 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2009-04-21
• Last updated: 2019-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway