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Acupuncture to Reduce Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Severity During Neoadjuvant or Adjuvant Weekly Paclitaxel Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients

NCT02364726 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2023-06-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of acupuncture on reducing nerve damage.

Acupuncture is a medical technique of inserting very thin needles into the "energy points" on the body with the aim to restore health and well-being. It has been used widely to treat pain, such as lower back pain and joint pain. In this study the investigators will assess if acupuncture can be used to ease the pain, tingling and numbness that may be caused by chemotherapy and improve quality of life during chemotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Each treatment session will be approximately 40 minutes in duration, 10 minutes to insert needles, 30 minutes to leave needles in. Patients will receive one acupuncture treatment each week until the end of chemotherapy. Adverse effects related to the administration of acupuncture will be collected each week before and after each treatment by the acupuncturist or research study assistant. All Integrative Medicine Service acupuncturists are licensed, credentialed employees of MSK.

BEHAVIORAL

Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS) questionnaire

It will be collected weekly throughout the screening phase, as well as, at the time of intervention consent, weekly during the intervention, and then once again after the last acupuncture session before the last chemotherapy session.

BEHAVIORAL

FACT/GOG-Ntx questionnaire

It will be collected weekly throughout the screening phase, as well as, at the time of intervention consent, weekly during the intervention, and then once again after the last acupuncture session but before the as the last chemotherapy session, and then once again 3 months (+/-2 weeks) after chemotherapy completion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Ting Bao, MD, DABMA, MS · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-09
Primary Completion
2023-06-21
Completion
2023-06-21

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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