Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04360577
Acupuncture for QoL and Symptoms in Gastric Cancer During Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Effect of Acupuncture for Quality of Life and Symptom Control in Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 240 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 75 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
In the investigator's pilot study(NCT 03753399), a trend of improvement of quality of life, as well as release of symptoms, in gastric patients in acupuncture groups was indicated. This study will evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on QoL in gastric cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with more samples. Enrolled participates will randomly receive high-dose acupuncture, low-dose acupuncture or non-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, combing with electro-acupuncture at Baihui(GV20), Yintang(GV29), Neiguan(PC6), Zusanli(ST36), and Gongsun(SP4). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-05-27
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-23
- Completion
- 2023-05-09
- First posted
- 2020-04-24
- Last updated
- 2024-06-12
Locations
11 sites across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04360577. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.