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Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture in Preventing Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients

NCT05851625 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2024-05-23

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Summary

Chemotherapy is a cancer therapy performed on advanced cancer with quite good success, but this therapy has quite a lot of side effects. Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting or commonly known as CINV, is a condition of nausea and vomiting experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, with a prevalence of around 80% of all patients undergoing chemotherapy, and 40% has the potential to become severe. This study aims to determine the efficacy of a new acupuncture modality, namely the press needle, in preventing CINV symptoms in pediatric patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Cancer
  • Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting
  • Chemotherapy Effect

Interventions

DEVICE

Press needle acupuncture

Press needle acupuncture is a modality of acupuncture using tiny and very thin needles.

DEVICE

Plesterin

The plaster used is a round plaster that resembles the shape of an acupuncture press needle.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • Indonesia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wahyuningsih Djaali · Indonesia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-16
Primary Completion
2024-03-10
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • Indonesia

Study Locations

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