Acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in patients with breast cancer receiving antiestrogen therapy
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- KCT0007829
- Lead Sponsor
- Comprehensive & Integrative Medicine Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
? moderate or severe hot flashes symptoms according to the definition of the Food and Drug Administration
? an average of 3 or more hot flashes per week during the 1-week period before study entry
? voluntary participation
? follow-up for the duration of the study
? cessation of HRT or other pharmacologic or alternative treatments for hot flashes at least 4 weeks before the trial, if such treatments were used
Exclusion Criteria
? pharmacologic or other alternative treatment for hot flashes during the trial
? serious medical or psychiatric conditions making participation in the trial unsuitable
? hot flashes caused by menopause without antiestrogen therapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method severity of hot flashes ? visual analogue scale (VAS) ? total hot flash score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method QoL of the participants: the EORTC QLQ-C30 version 3.0 questionnaire and the EORTC QLQ-BR23