Acupuncture for QoL and Symptoms in Gastric Cancer During Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Summary

In the investigator's pilot study(NCT 03753399), a trend of improvement of quality of life, as well as release of symptoms, in gastric patients in acupuncture groups was indicated. This study will evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on QoL in gastric cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with more samples. Enrolled participates will randomly receive high-dose acupuncture, low-dose acupuncture or non-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, combing with electro-acupuncture at Baihui(GV20), Yintang(GV29), Neiguan(PC6), Zusanli(ST36), and Gongsun(SP4).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

  collaborator OTHER

• Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

  collaborator OTHER

• Southern Medical University, China

  collaborator OTHER

• Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University

  collaborator OTHER

• Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University

  collaborator OTHER

• First People's Hospital of Foshan

  collaborator OTHER

• Yuebei People's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Haibo Zhang, Prof. · Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

2020-05-27

Primary Completion

2023-03-23

Completion

2023-05-09

Countries

• China

Study Locations