Status:
COMPLETED
Acupuncture for Post-Thoracotomy Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Pain after surgery for lung cancer (thoracotomy) may persist for years and require long-term analgesic use. Prior studies have shown that acupuncture reduces pain and medication use in the early post-...
Detailed Description
Rationale: Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles into the skin to treat symptoms. In recent years, researchers have come to understand how acupuncture might work in terms of nerve stimula...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients undergoing unilateral thoracotomy at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years old.
Exclusion
- Any of the following procedures: hemiclamshell, clamshell, extrapleural approach, chest wall involvement, esophagectomy. These more extensive procedures have a higher risk of complications.
- Acupuncture treatment in the previous six weeks, to discount any persisting effect of acupuncture
- Platelets \< 20,000 or International Normalized Ratio (INR) \> 2.5 or absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 0.5; though it would be unusual for any patient to be operated on with such values, it seems wise as a precautionary measure to avoid risk of bleeding from acupuncture.
- Known cardiac conditions constituting a high or moderate risk of endocarditis as defined by the American Heart Association criteria
- Patients unable to remove studs without assistance, who have no home assistance, and who are unable or unwilling to return to the hospital in the event that they decide to remove studs before the post-discharge visit.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
162 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00142532
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
January 1 2008
Last Update
January 14 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10021