Status:
COMPLETED
Acupuncture in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment
Lead Sponsor:
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Collaborating Sponsors:
University College London Hospitals
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Feasibility randomized controlled trial of standard care v standard care + acupuncture administered by specially-trained therapy radiographers in patients undergoing radiotherapy. It is a feasibility ...
Detailed Description
The aim of the 'Acupuncture to improve quality of life and fatigue in cancer patients undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment' (ART) project is to investigate all aspects of the feasibility of undertaking c...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients due to receive radical (curative) radiotherapy
- Patients of either gender and older than 16 years old.
- Patients with any cancer diagnosis.
- Patients willing to participate in the study and be randomised to one of the two treatment arms.
- Patients willing to attend at least 3 acupuncture treatments if assigned to the acupuncture intervention.
- Palliative patients.
- Patients unwilling to participate (for instance due to needle phobia).
- Patients currently receiving acupuncture.
- Patients with a platelet count \<20 000mm.
- Patients with a white blood cell count \<1000mm.
- Patients with severe clotting dysfunction or who bruise spontaneously.
- Patients unable to complete the questionnaires as judged by the investigators.
Exclusion
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 12 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 31 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
101 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03433118
Start Date
August 12 2015
End Date
October 31 2016
Last Update
February 14 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University College London Hospitals Cancer Clinical Trials Unit
London, United Kingdom, NW1 2BU