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Not Yet RecruitingNCT06472024
Assessing Manual Acupuncture's Impact on Mucositis From Nasopharynx Cancer Radiotherapy: A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Quality of Life Study
Effects Of Manual Acupuncture On Mucositis Due To Radiotherapy For Nasopharynx Cancer On Visual Analogue Scale (Vas) Score And Quality Of Life
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Indonesia University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 19 Years – 59 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture can play a role in reducing pain and improving the quality of life of post-radiotherapy nasopharyngeal cancer mucositis patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: \- Do manual acupuncture and medication therapy affect pain intensity as measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS) in patients with oral mucositis compared with sham manual acupuncture and medication? Participants will receive acupuncture therapy 2 times a week for 3 weeks
Detailed description
This is a clinical trial study to evaluate the role of acupuncture in pain relief and improving the quality of life of nasopharyngeal cancer patients with post-radiotherapy mucositis. Participants were 30 men/females with mucositis in post-radiotherapy nasopharyngeal cancer aged 19-59 years. They will be divided into 2 groups: (1) verum acupuncture and (2) sham acupuncture. Acupuncture is scheduled 2 times per week for 3 weeks. Research assessment on pain scale and improvement in quality of life
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Verum Acupuncture | Acupuncture therapy uses filiform needles at a perpendicular angle at acupuncture points to produce a therapeutic effect. |
| PROCEDURE | Sham Acupuncture | Sham Acupuncture therapy uses filiform needles but is only attached with tape to acupuncture points |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-09-01
- Completion
- 2024-09-01
- First posted
- 2024-06-24
- Last updated
- 2024-06-26
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06472024. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.