Acupuncture to Improve Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT00070967 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2006-08-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the feasibility of acupuncture as a complementary therapy for advanced cancer by comparing symptoms and quality of life before and after 8 weeks of acupuncture treatments.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • David S. Rosenthal, MD · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-09-30
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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