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
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100