Acupuncture Treatment for Hot Flashes Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prostate Cancer
• Interventions: Procedure: Acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT00421902
• Lead Sponsor: New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Brief Summary

Patients with prostate cancer who are / were treated with hormonal treatment and developed hot flashes as a side effect are offered Acupuncture as an investigational intervention. The treatment is performed twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for the following six weeks

Detailed Description

Patients with prostate cancer who are / were treated with hormonal treatment and developed hot flashes as a side effect are offered Acupuncture as an investigational intervention. The treatment is performed twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for the following six weeks. Acupuncture was done according to specific guidelines and mapping.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-01
• Study First Submitted: 2007-01-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-01-12
• Study First Posted: 2007-01-15
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Treatment for prostate cancer using hormonal ablation therapy
• Average of three or more hot flashes a day
• Performance Status (Karnofsky ≥ 60)
• Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age
• No other clinically significant disease
• Signed study-specific consent form prior to study entry

Exclusion Criteria

• Initiation of a new chemotherapy regimen, immunotherapy; or initiation/ cessation of hormonal therapy during the study or for 3 weeks before the start of the study
• Pharmacological treatment of hot flashes or use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (unless the dose and patients' condition have been stable for 4 weeks)
• Skin infections
• Patients who had acupuncture treatment in the 6 weeks prior to entering the study, or acupuncture given specifically for the treatment of hot flashes in the previous 6 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Acupuncture	Acupuncture	Acupuncture of the patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relief from the hot flashes as determined by the hot flashes scoring system.	6 months	A Questionnaire was given to the patients to determine the relief of hot flashes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NYP- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital; 🇺🇸 Brooklyn, New York, United States