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Acupuncture for Mucositis Pain in Cancer Care

NCT00549835 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This research is being done to see if acupuncture helps relieve mucositis pain in patients with leukemia who are undergoing chemotherapy. Many patients receiving chemotherapy develop mucositis (painful sores or blisters in the mouth or throat). Mucositis is not only a frequent complication in cancer care and extremely painful, but also increases the risks of infection and malnutrition and often leads to discontinuing or delaying the chemotherapy treatments.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Real Acupuncture

PROCEDURE

Sham Acupuncture

Sham needles are developed to exclude sham effect and to prove real acupuncture efficacy. We will use specifically retractable Park Sham Device (AcuPrime, Exeter, UK) for control group. Because this sham device gives the impression of insertion with telescopic needle body and some pricking sensation with a bunt needle tip. It is a valid control for many acupuncture trials as it doesn't penetrate skin and doesn't create active stimulation as much as real needles or acupressure. To avoid unnecessary stimulation of penetrating skin in this population, we plan to use non-penetrating sham device rather than penetrating non-acupuncture point with real needles as control intervention. All other procedures will be same as Real Acupuncture group except using non-penetrating sham needles on non-acupuncture points. After final session, we will ask all subjects in both groups which form of treatment each subject believe to have during study and will analyze blinding credibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Adrian S Dobs, MD MHS · Johns Hopkins University

  • Sanghoon Lee, KMD PhD LAc · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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