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Efficacy Study of Acupuncture to Treat the Upper Abdominal Pain of Cancer Patients

NCT01913574 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2021-12-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is to investigate the effectiveness of acupuncture for alleviating the upper abdominal pain of cancer patients

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is applied three times a week for 20 minutes for 2 weeks (total 6 sessions). 9 Acupuncture points, CV12, CV13, P6, SP4, ST36(bilateral),LI4 (bilateral), LR3 (bilateral), ST34 (bilateral), and GB21(bilateral) are used, and CV12, CV13, ST36, and LR3 are electro-stimulated.

PROCEDURE

Neurolytic celiac plexus block (NCPB)

An anaesthetic test is performed injecting 2ml mepivacaine. After assessing the efficacy and safety of this test, 10 ml of absolute alcohol is injected via each needle.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Daegu Catholic University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeong-Chul Seo, KMD, Ph.D · Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine Institute

  • Min-Ah Gwak, KMD, Ph.D · Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University

  • Seong_Hoon Park, KMD · Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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Diseases

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