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Effect of Acupuncture for QoL in Gastric Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy: a Pilot Study

NCT03753399 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2021-05-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a pilot study evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture on quality of life in gastric cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. Enrolled participates will randomly receive high-dose acupuncture, low-dose acupuncture or none-acupuncture during the first 3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection.

Conditions

  • Stomach Neoplasms

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupuncture

Acupuncture at back-shu points according to heat-pain threshold measurement at 24 well-points, combining with electro-acupuncture at fixted acupoints.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-04
Primary Completion
2020-04-27
Completion
2020-04-27

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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