Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Managing Pain and Symptom Burden Caused by Chemotherapy in People With Myeloma or Lymphoma

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Hackensack Meridian Health

Conditions:

Multiple Myeloma

Hodgkin Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether acupuncture treatments can reduce the need for opioid medication when managing pain caused by chemotherapy. The study will compare the effects of addin...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age 18 or older
  • pathological diagnosis of MM, HD or NHL
  • scheduled for high dose chemotherapy for auto-HSCT in the following month (30 days)
  • not taking opioids regularly in the week prior to consent (one-time dosing of opioids for a painful procedure is allowed)

Exclusion

  • absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of \<500/μl, platelet count of \<20,000/ μl or INR \>2.0
  • acupuncture within two weeks prior to HiChemo (to avoid residual effects of acupuncture)
  • unable to provide informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 30 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

299 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04459416

Start Date

June 30 2020

End Date

June 1 2026

Last Update

October 20 2025

Active Locations (3)

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1

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States, 10065

2

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109

3

Seattle Cancel Care Alliance (Data Collection Only)

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109