Acupuncture and electroacupuncture on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
- Conditions
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Registration Number
- KCT0003178
- Lead Sponsor
- Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
1. age 18 years or over, 80 years or below
2. who has finished chemotherapy and has been over 3 months with CIPN
3. who is over Grade ?in CIPN condition
4. who is able to follow-up for the duration of the study, agreed to keep the restriction rule during the study.
5. accord with the washout criteria and agreed to keep the restriction rule during the study.
6. provided written informed consent, voluntarily
1. taking other alternative therapy such as herbs, high-dose vitamin therapy.
2. who has diabetic neuropathy
3. patients with advanced cancer or metastatic cancer
4. who takes medicine like antiepileptic or pain killers which might affects neuropathy. Except those who take conventional medicine over 1 month without dose-change such as TCA, carbamazepine, gabapentine, opiate etc.
5. who needs surgery due to paralysis or nerologocal symptoms.
6. who has liver or kidney dysfunction : over 3 times of limits in blood chemistry.(AST, ALT, BUN, Creatinine)
7. leukopenia (WBC<4,000 /?) , or neutropenia(neutro < 1,500/?)
8. thrombocytopenia (platelet < 50,000 /?) or who takes heparine or cumarine.
9. childbearing age (Urine HGC positive) or who doesn't agree with contraception
10. who has pacemaker due to heart disease
11. inappropriate in this study confirmed by researchers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PSI(Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory) ,;VAS (Visual Analogue Scale)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method EORTC QLQ-CIPN20 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Qulity of life questionnaire - CIPN 20);Blood chemistry