Effect of Auricular acupuncture for nausea and vomiting in adult Cancer patients
Not Applicable
Terminated
- Conditions
- auseaVomitingAntineoplastic Agents
- Registration Number
- RBR-5rp37x8
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Terminated
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Age 18 or over, regardless of gender; have a confirmed diagnosis of cancer, of any histological type and staging of the disease; during the data collection of the study be undergoing chemotherapy for adjuvant, neoadjuvant or palliative purposes; report the presence of nausea and/or vomiting; have time available to participate in the auricular acupuncture sessions; have a performance status equal to or less than three according to the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status
Exclusion Criteria
Inflammations, infections, ulcerations or deformities of the ear; use of hearing aids; confirmed or suspected pregnancy; allergy to microporous tape
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We expect to find an improvement in the incidence, frequency, severity and duration of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, assessed using the Morrow Assessment Nausea and Emesis Scale, which uses an ordinal qualitative scale to measure these parameters. It is expected that there will be a statistically significant reduction, considering a significance level with a p-value of less than 0.05 for the scale variables in relation to the groups and times. Data will be collected immediately before the intervention, one week after the last week of the intervention and two weeks after the intervention<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method