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Is Acupuncture Able to Reduce Nausea and Vomiting in the Terminal Ill Patient

NCT04378998 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2020-05-07

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Summary

A comparative effectiveness research design was used. The sample size was calculated to 136 patients, who were randomized to an intervention group and a control group respectively. The patients were terminal ill patients enrolled to three in-bed hospices in Denmark and nausea and vomiting were measured using EORTC QlQ-c15-PAL (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Quality of Life Questionaire, core 15, Palliation)

Conditions

  • Terminal Illness

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

The intervention group received usual care plus acupuncture for three days. The acupuncture spots: Pericardium-6, Stomach-36, Liver-3 and Yin Tang were used. The control group received usual care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-25
Primary Completion
2019-10-25
Completion
2019-10-25

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