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Acupuncture or Standard Therapy in Treating Pain and Dysfunction in Patients Who Have Undergone Neck Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00090337 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2013-03-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve pain and dysfunction caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than standard therapy in treating pain and dysfunction in patients who have undergone neck surgery for head and neck cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying acupuncture to see how well it works compared to standard therapy in treating pain and dysfunction in patients who have undergone neck surgery for head and neck cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupuncture therapy

Patients undergo acupuncture for 20-30 minutes once weekly for 4 weeks

PROCEDURE

standard follow-up care

Patients undergo standard care

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • David G. Pfister, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-11-30
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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