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Acupuncture in Palliative Cancer Care

NCT00302185 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2010-10-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research question: Can acupuncture improve symptom control and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced incurable cancer?

The purposes of this study is to investigate the feasibility of performing a randomized trial with acupuncture in improving symptom control and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced incurable cancer at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre in Victoria.

We will:

* Evaluate whether subjects who are receiving palliative care for cancer related symptoms can tolerate and complete to a course of acupuncture treatments.
* Evaluate whether it is possible to conduct a study using acupuncture on cancer patients.

Conditions

  • Neoplasms
  • Palliative Care

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Insertion of sterile, single-use acupuncture needles at 10-20 points including PC.6, HT.7, St.36, SP.6, and LR.3. Needles were connected to an electrical stimulator to mimick traditional manual stimulation with alternating patterns of stimulation for 20 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse-led supportive care

20-30 minutes of supportive attention from an experienced palliative nurse.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • British Columbia Cancer Agency

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan T Lim, MD · BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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