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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00060021
Acupuncture in Treating Mucositis-Related Pain Caused by Chemotherapy in Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Blinded Study Of Acupuncture Therapy In Mucositis-Related Pain In Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
RATIONALE: Acupuncture may be effective in relieving mucositis-related pain caused by chemotherapy in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation.
PURPOSE: Randomized clinical trial to study the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating mucositis-related pain caused by high-dose chemotherapy in patients who are undergoing stem cell transplantation.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
- Compare the efficacy of acupuncture vs placebo acupuncture in alleviating mucositis-related pain secondary to high-dose chemotherapy, as assessed by total cumulative dose of opioids used and subjective pain scores, in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
- Compare the overall number of patients requiring opioid therapy in these 2 intervention groups.
- Compare the nausea and vomiting scores of patients in these 2 intervention groups.
- Compare the sedation score of patients in these 2 intervention groups.
- Compare the use of other psychotropic medications (e.g., anxiolytics or hypnotics) in patients in these 2 intervention groups.
- Compare the need for total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and the number of days on TPN experienced by patients in these 2 intervention groups.
- Compare pruritus and the need for symptomatic treatment in patients in these 2 intervention groups.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients are stratified according to 9-phenylthiocarbamide/6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) tasting ability (super-tasters vs non-super-tasters). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Beginning immediately after the development of mucositis pain, patients undergo acupuncture over 30 minutes once daily. Patients also receive standard pain management. Treatment continues until pain is completely resolved in the absence of unacceptable toxicity.
- Arm II: Patients undergo placebo acupuncture and receive standard pain management as in arm I.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 45 patients will be accrued for this study within 3 years.
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182
- Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Must be undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) through one of the following means:
- Concurrent enrollment on a HSCT protocol with the Experimental Transplantation & Immunology Branch (ETIB) at the NCI Center for Clinical Research*
- Receiving HSCT as a compassionate exemption following the clinical guidelines of an ETIB protocol*
- Directly observed oral or pharyngeal mucositis and/or suspected esophageal mucositis after high-dose chemotherapy
- No pain unrelated to mucositis requiring use of potent analgesics prior to initiation of high-dose chemotherapy NOTE: *Protocol must be known to generate more than 50% incidence of high-dose chemotherapy-induced mucositis
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
Age
- 18 and over
Performance status
- Not specified
Life expectancy
- Not specified
Hematopoietic
- No history of bleeding disorders
Hepatic
- PT and PTT normal
Renal
- Not specified
Other
- No history or evidence of drug addiction or drug-seeking behavior
- No skin infection at the sites of acupuncture points
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
Biologic therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
Chemotherapy
- See Disease Characteristics
Endocrine therapy
- Not specified
Radiotherapy
- Not specified
Surgery
- Not specified
Other
- No concurrent anticoagulant therapy
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Masking: Double
Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Chair: Claude Sportes, MD, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
- stage III malignant testicular germ cell tumor
- stage IV breast cancer
- stage IIIA breast cancer
- stage IIIB breast cancer
- pain
- primary myelofibrosis
- stage III ovarian epithelial cancer
- stage IV ovarian epithelial cancer
- recurrent ovarian epithelial cancer
- stage IIIC breast cancer
- stage III adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
- stage III adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
- stage III adult Burkitt lymphoma
- stage IV grade 3 follicular lymphoma
- stage IV adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
- stage IV adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
- stage IV adult Burkitt lymphoma
- recurrent grade 3 follicular lymphoma
- recurrent adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
- recurrent adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
- recurrent adult Burkitt lymphoma
- de novo myelodysplastic syndromes
- previously treated myelodysplastic syndromes
- secondary myelodysplastic syndromes
- secondary acute myeloid leukemia
- chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
- recurrent adult acute myeloid leukemia
- recurrent adult Hodgkin lymphoma
- recurrent adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
- recurrent adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
- blastic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
- relapsing chronic myelogenous leukemia
- stage III grade 1 follicular lymphoma
- stage III grade 2 follicular lymphoma
- stage III grade 3 follicular lymphoma
- stage III adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
- stage III adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
- stage IV grade 1 follicular lymphoma
- stage IV grade 2 follicular lymphoma
- stage IV adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
- stage IV adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
- stage III mantle cell lymphoma
- stage IV mantle cell lymphoma
- stage II multiple myeloma
- stage III multiple myeloma
- recurrent grade 1 follicular lymphoma
- recurrent grade 2 follicular lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II grade 1 follicular lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II grade 2 follicular lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse small cleaved cell lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II small lymphocytic lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II marginal zone lymphoma
- recurrent marginal zone lymphoma
- recurrent small lymphocytic lymphoma
- stage III small lymphocytic lymphoma
- stage III marginal zone lymphoma
- stage IV small lymphocytic lymphoma
- stage IV marginal zone lymphoma
- extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
- nodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma
- splenic marginal zone lymphoma
- oral complications
- stage I multiple myeloma
- recurrent adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
- recurrent mantle cell lymphoma
- refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- recurrent cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- stage III adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
- stage IV adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
- recurrent mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome
- disseminated neuroblastoma
- recurrent neuroblastoma
- refractory multiple myeloma
- recurrent adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- refractory hairy cell leukemia
- stage II ovarian epithelial cancer
- noncontiguous stage II mantle cell lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse large cell lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II adult diffuse mixed cell lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II adult lymphoblastic lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II grade 3 follicular lymphoma
- accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia
- recurrent ovarian germ cell tumor
- myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm, unclassifiable
- chronic eosinophilic leukemia
- chronic neutrophilic leukemia
- noncontiguous stage II adult Burkitt lymphoma
- noncontiguous stage II adult immunoblastic large cell lymphoma
- recurrent malignant testicular germ cell tumor
- testicular teratoma
- atypical chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR-ABL1 negative
- high risk metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumor
- meningeal chronic myelogenous leukemia
- testicular embryonal carcinoma
- testicular choriocarcinoma
- testicular yolk sac tumor
- testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma
- testicular embryonal carcinoma and teratoma with seminoma
- testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor
- testicular embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor with seminoma
- testicular embryonal carcinoma and seminoma
- testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma
- testicular yolk sac tumor and teratoma with seminoma
- testicular choriocarcinoma and yolk sac tumor
- testicular choriocarcinoma and embryonal carcinoma
- testicular choriocarcinoma and teratoma
- testicular choriocarcinoma and seminoma
- ovarian yolk sac tumor
- ovarian embryonal carcinoma
- ovarian polyembryoma
- ovarian choriocarcinoma
- ovarian immature teratoma
- ovarian mature teratoma
- ovarian monodermal and highly specialized teratoma
- ovarian mixed germ cell tumor
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CDR0000299048
- NCI-03-C-0125
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