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Acupuncture in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment

NCT03433118 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2018-02-14

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Summary

Feasibility randomized controlled trial of standard care v standard care + acupuncture administered by specially-trained therapy radiographers in patients undergoing radiotherapy. It is a feasibility study to investigate all aspects of a future definitive randomized controlled trial, including statistical power calculation, hence there is no primary outcome or time point.

Mixed methods: literature review, model validity, training and mentoring of radiographers, processes, resources, interventions, procedures, patient clinical outcomes, patient and stakeholder qualitative outcomes

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Acupuncture

Acupuncture administered by specially-trained therapeutic radiographers

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College London Hospitals

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter A Fisher, MD · Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-12
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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