Status:

COMPLETED

Acupuncture Treatment for Hot Flashes Study

Lead Sponsor:

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Conditions:

Prostate Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

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 per...

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 per...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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

  • 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.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00421902

Start Date

January 1 2006

End Date

June 1 2012

Last Update

September 18 2020

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NYP- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215