NCT02663063

CAM in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan

The Application of Evidence-Based Chinese Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan-The Second and Third Year Project.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to explore the effects of silver spike point (SSP) treatment on common symptoms including pain, breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, dry mouth etc. of terminal cancer patients.

Detailed description

The study aims to explore the effects of silver spike point treatment on common symptoms including pain, breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, dry mouth etc. of terminal cancer patients. We will conducted a pilot study to evaluate the effects on different symptoms and then a prospective study will be conducted after validation of major effects.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	SSP treatment	SSP treatment 5 times a week

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-12-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2016-01-26
• Last updated: 2023-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan