From Traditional Medicine to Modern Acupuncture: protocol of Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for cancer pain elimination in a pragmatic trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Cancer Pain
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2200005601
- Lead Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
(1) patients with age greater than or equal to 18 years old;
(2) malignant tumor can be diagnosed by pathological examination;
(3) admission with numerical rating scale (NRS) = 4, regardless of pain caused by the tumor and tumor treatment;
(4)patients who signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
(1)Pregnant and lactating women;
(2)Abnormal blood coagulation test, local skin lesions such as burns, eczema, ulcers, frostbite ulcers and other contraindications to acupuncture treatment;
(3)Unable to cooperate with the treatment or evaluation;
(4)With severe complication such as severe arrhythmia and myocardial infarction;
(5)Other conditions the reseachers consider to be ineligible in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Analgesics consumption;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Outbreak pain;Numeric rating scale(NRS);Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS);Adverse events;