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Acupuncture or Medication in Reducing Pain in Postmenopausal Women With Breast Cancer and Joint Pain

NCT00892268 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2010-04-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Acupuncture may reduce joint pain in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than standard therapy analgesics in decreasing joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitors.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying acupuncture to see how well it works compared with medication in reducing pain in postmenopausal women with breast cancer and joint pain.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupuncture therapy

Undergo acupuncture

PROCEDURE

pain therapy

Receive standard care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Arizona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leona B. Downey, MD · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

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

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