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Improving Fatigue: A Pilot Study of Acupuncture and Patient Education for Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT00646633 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2016-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Based on the investigators clinical experience in patients with chronic disease (Hui, Hui, and Johnston, 2006; Hays et al 2005), a review of the literature (Johnston, Xiao and Hui 2007), and inspired by Vickers and colleagues (PMID: 15117996), the investigators carry out a pilot study that investigates if acupuncture combined with patient education will relieve fatigue in patients who have completed primary treatment for breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture and patient education

Acupuncture involves the insertion of extremely thin needles, much thinner than those used for drawing blood, into very specific acupuncture points. Patients will receive a total of 8 acupuncture treatments, each lasting 50 minutes. Patient education will be delivered to individuals over the course of approximately 50 minutes for each of the four sessions; topics will include acupressure, nutrition, exercise, stress management, and lifestyle advice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ka-Kit Hui, M.D. · UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, 1033 Gayley Ave, Suite 111, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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