Adjuvant Acupuncture Care for Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Side Effects From Chemotherapy
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT00885183
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway
- Brief Summary
Breast cancer patients report many symptoms while undergoing conventional care, including nausea/vomiting, fatigue, pain, depression and anxiety. Existing interventions to address these common side effects of treatment are limited. Patients diagnosed with cancer frequently seek complementary medicine (CAM), and there is a need to investigate potential effects of CAM therapies. This phased pilot and feasibility study has two aims:
1. Develop an acupuncture treatment protocol for adjuvant acupuncture care for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy using structured interviews with established acupuncture teams in Norway.
2. Implement the treatment protocol in a pilot study to evaluate outcome measures, effect sizes and acceptability of acupuncture care delivered alongside conventional care.
Study results will support the design of future research; including a Phase III randomised controlled trial.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 10
- Females, 18 years or older with early stage breast cancer, no previous chemotherapy and no metastatic disease
- Needle phobia, use of anticoagulant drugs, inability to comply with study regimen
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue scale Weeks 16 and 29
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) Weeks 16, 19 and 29 Health related quality of life: EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-BR23, MYCaw Weeks 16, 19 and 29
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital of North Norway
🇳🇴Tromsø, Norway
University Hospital of North Norway🇳🇴Tromsø, Norway