Effect of different retention times of wrist-ankle acupuncture(WAA) on pain in gastric cancer chemotherapy patients based on symptom clusters: a randomised controlled trial
- Conditions
- gastric cancer
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2200005930
- Lead Sponsor
- Jiangsu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1.Patients who have a pathological diagnosis of primary gastric cancer and are undergoing chemotherapy.
2.patients ranging in age from 18 to 75 years.
3.Eligible individuals who have reported pain, fatigue, or sleep disturbance in the past week, with at least two of the three symptoms having a severity of >3. (0-10 NRS).
4.Expected survival time is longer than 3 months.
5.The patient is conscious, can perceive and appraise his or her symptoms, and cooperates in scoring.
6.patients submitted informed consent and agreed to participate in this investigation.
1.Patients who have had or are currently undergoing analgesic treatment, epidural analgesic pumps, or pharmaceutical analgesia such as nerve blocks.
2.Patients who are allergic to analgesics taken orally.
3.Acupuncture dizziness in the past.
4.Sensitive, cracked skin
5.Patients who have significant cardiac, cerebral, hepatic, or renal dysfunction as well as haematopoietic insufficiency.
6.Other TCM external therapies are being received during the treatment period.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain intensity;pain,fatigue sleep disturbance symptom cluster distress;pain,fatigue sleep disturbance symptom cluster severity, interference with daily life;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life in patients with gastric cancer;