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Acupuncture for the Management of Postoperative Pain in Patients With Pancreatic or Colorectal Cancer Undergoing Surgery

NCT04560712 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2025-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This trial investigates how well acupuncture works for the management of pain after surgery in patients having open colorectal or pancreatic surgery. Acupuncture may help to reduce postoperative symptoms including pain. This study may help researchers learn if acupuncture reduces after-surgery side effects and improves recovery.

Conditions

  • Resectable Colorectal Carcinoma
  • Resectable Digestive System Carcinoma
  • Resectable Pancreatic Carcinoma

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture Therapy

Undergo acupuncture

OTHER

Best Practice

Undergo usual care

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lorenzo Cohen · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-12
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2027-12-31
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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