Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02615678
Acupuncture for CIPN in Breast Cancer Patients
Acupuncture for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Breast Cancer Patients- A Case Series
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Southern California University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The aim of this study is to collect preliminary data on the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of CIPN in breast cancer patients.
Detailed description
Ideally 10 patients experiencing peripheral neuropathy due to chemotherapy from breast cancer treatment will be included in this study.They will receive 16 total acupuncture treatments over 10 weeks including various points based off of research and classical text and scalp acupuncture.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Acupuncture | Acupuncture twice a week for 6 weeks then one treatment a week for 4 weeks. Total 16 treatments in 10 weeks. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-01
- Completion
- 2018-12-01
- First posted
- 2015-11-26
- Last updated
- 2019-05-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02615678. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.