Stress Reduction Through Acupuncture
NCT07132034 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112
Last updated 2026-05-22
Summary
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether eight weeks of weekly acupuncture can reduce psychological distress in breast cancer patients who have recently completed primary therapy compared to standard-of-care wait-list control.
Conditions
- Acupuncture
- Breast Cancer
- Survivorship
Interventions
- PROCEDURE
-
Acupuncture
8 sessions of acupuncture treatment (body and auricular acupuncture) will be given once a week after randomization.
- OTHER
-
Standard supportive care
Supportive care according to local standards will be given which may also include face-to-face psychosocial support or the participation of support groups
Sponsors & Collaborators
-
Swiss GO Trial Group
collaborator NETWORK -
Isabell Xiang Ge
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
-
Viola Heinzelmann-Schwarz, Prof.MD · University Hospital of Basel
Study Design
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- PARALLEL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Sex
- FEMALE
- Healthy Volunteers
- No
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2026-06-30
- Primary Completion
- 2027-11-30
- Completion
- 2028-09-30
Countries
- Switzerland
Study Locations
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