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
Active Locations (1)
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NYP- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215