Status:

COMPLETED

Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture-Point for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/Vomiting

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate auricular acupuncture as an antiemetic treatment compared with sham acupuncture and with no acupuncture in patients receiving moderately-high to highly emetoge...

Detailed Description

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are two of the most commonly reported adverse effects of chemotherapy. Uncontrolled CINV reduces quality of life, leads to delays in treatment, and caus...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma
  • Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
  • ANC greater than or equal to 1500/mcL
  • Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mcL
  • AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) less than 5 x institutional upper limit of normal
  • Creatinine within normal institutional limits, OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels less than 1.5mg/dl
  • Patients should have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion

  • Patients with known CAD, CVA, epilepsy, hypotension, hypertension

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

103 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00360841

Start Date

June 1 2006

End Date

July 1 2010

Last Update

December 6 2012

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Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, 100