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UnknownNCT04398875
Adjunctive Effect of Acupuncture for Advanced Cancer Patients With Palliative Care: a Three-arm Randomized Trial
The Adjunctive Effect of Acupuncture for Advanced Cancer Patients in a Collaborative Model of Palliative Care: a Three-arm Pragmatic Randomized Trial
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The proposed study aims to evaluate the adjunctive effect of MA with standard care (ASC) for relieving cancer-related symptoms in a collaborative model of palliative care compared to sham MA plus standard care (SSC) or standard care alone (SC).
Detailed description
After being informed about the study plan, potential risk and benefits, all subjects will give written informed consent prior to participation and undergo eligibility screening. Eligible participants will be randomized into three arms, ASC, SSC, and SC, in a 2:1:1 ratio.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Acupuncture and standard care (ASC) | A semi-standardized treatment protocol and standard care will be employed. |
| OTHER | Sham acupuncture and standard care (SSC) | Validated non-insertion sham acupuncture (Streitberger sham acupuncture) and standard care will be applied. |
| OTHER | Standard care (SC) | Standard care will be employed. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-31
- Completion
- 2023-08-31
- First posted
- 2020-05-21
- Last updated
- 2020-05-21
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04398875. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.