Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03753399
Effect of Acupuncture for QoL in Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy: a Pilot Study
Effect of Acupuncture for Quality of Life in Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy: a Pilot Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 66 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This is a pilot study evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture on quality of life in gastric cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Enrolled participates will randomly receive high-dose acupuncture, low-dose acupuncture or none-acupuncture during the first 3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | acupuncture | Acupuncture at back-shu points according to heat-pain threshold measurement at 24 well-points, combining with electro-acupuncture at fixted acupoints. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-01-04
- Primary completion
- 2020-04-27
- Completion
- 2020-04-27
- First posted
- 2018-11-27
- Last updated
- 2021-05-20
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03753399. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.