NCT01913574

Efficacy Study of Acupuncture to Treat the Upper Abdominal Pain of Cancer Patients

Pilot Study of Acupuncture to Alleviate the Upper Abdominal Pain of Cancer Patients Treated With Neurolytic Celiac Plexus Block

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Daegu Catholic University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture for alleviating the upper abdominal pain of cancer patients

Detailed description

Neurolytic celiac plexus block (NCPB) is a commonly performed procedure in patients with intractable pain due to malignancies involving the upper and mid abdomen. Recently, acupuncture is used as one of alternative interventions to treat cancer-related pains. This pilot study aims to investigate the effectiveness of pain-relief of acupuncture via comparing acupuncture plus NCPB with NCPB alone. Total 14 cancer patients with NCPB will be randomized into two groups of acupuncture and control.

Conditions

• Abdominal Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupuncture	Acupuncture is applied three times a week for 20 minutes for 2 weeks (total 6 sessions). 9 Acupuncture points, CV12, CV13, P6, SP4, ST36(bilateral),LI4 (bilateral), LR3 (bilateral), ST34 (bilateral), and GB21(bilateral) are used, and CV12, CV13, ST36, and LR3 are electro-stimulated.
PROCEDURE	Neurolytic celiac plexus block (NCPB)	An anaesthetic test is performed injecting 2ml mepivacaine. After assessing the efficacy and safety of this test, 10 ml of absolute alcohol is injected via each needle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2013-08-01
• Last updated: 2021-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea