Feasibility of acupuncture treatment for symptoms after breast cancer surgery: a prospective case series

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Recruiting

Conditions: Not Applicable

Registration Number: KCT0001669

Lead Sponsor: Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients after breast cancer surgery and chemotherapy or radiotherapy at least 1 months before the participation

2. Women aged from 32 yrs to 64 yrs

3. Patients with at least 1 symptom below and severity of over 4 in 0 to 10 Numeric Rating Scale
3-1 Arthralgia after the treatment with Aromatase inhibitors
3-2 Hot flush or Sweating after the treatment with Anti-estrogen agents
3-3 Insomnia
3-4 Sexual dysfunction (Vaginal dryness or Dyspareunia)
3-5 Pain after mastectomy

4. Patients who visits hospital on an outpatient basis regularly for additional treatments and monitoring after breast cancer surgery and chemotherapy or radiotherapy

5. Patients who would agree with the participation of this study and sign written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Those who have diseases or conditions below
1-1 Recurrence of tumor or having other primary cancer
1-2 Uncontrolled acute and chronic diseases
1-3 Uncontrolled current mental disorders including panic disorder, acute episode of mania, delusion, hallucination etc.
1-4 Having fear against acupuncture
1-5 Having above symptoms and diagnosed with specific diseases which introduce those symptoms before breast cancer surgery

2. Women who is pregnant, breast feeding or planning pregnancy

3. Anyone who does not have appropriate ability to answer questionnaires or has difficulty in visiting our clinical trial center

4. Anyone who is expected not to be appropriate to participate in this study judged by research personnel

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional Study

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Selection and enrollment of the participants, subject number per symptoms;Compliance on study design and acupuncture treatments;Adverse events related to acupuncture treatments;Feasibility based on the experience of participants

Secondary Outcome Measures