The Interest of Cancer Patients and Caregivers in Acupuncture: a Survey (ACTIVATE)

Cancer and cancer treatments are accompanied by several possible side effects, such as nausea, hot flashes, fatigue, drowsiness, etc. Complementary and integrative therapies, such as acupuncture, could be used to manage these symptoms. The aim of this study for our research team is to have an idea of the interest of cancer patients and caregivers in acupuncture. This is a prospective, interventional study. Cancer patients and caregivers will be approached at the day care clinic by a health care worker to participate in this study. They will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their interest in acupuncture and their motivation, what symptoms they would need it for, where they would like this acupuncture to take place, whether they are willing to pay for it, and whether they would be interested in an information session about acupuncture.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 182
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Kortrijk, Belgium, 8500
    • General Hospital Groeninge, Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dutch speaking patients and caregivers
• Patients and caregivers presenting at the outpatient clinic, including the day-care clinic and follow up visits

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Intervention; Patients and caregivers are asked to complete a questionnaire	Other: Questionnaire; Patients and caregivers are asked to complete a questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Response rate	At study inclusion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Interest in acupuncture assessed by questionnaire	At study inclusion
Side effects participants would like to receive acupuncture for assessed by questionnaire	At study inclusion
Place where an acupuncture treatment should take place assessed by questionnaire	At study inclusion
Willingness to pay for an acupuncture treatment assessed by questionnaire	At study inclusion
Interest in an information session about acupuncture assessed by questionnaire	At study inclusion
Patient or caregiver characteristics (sex, age, diagnosis) collected by questionnaire	At study inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: General Hospital Groeninge
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Philip Debruyne, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCP, General Hospital Groeninge

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 20, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 26, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): November 27, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 14, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 14, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): November 16, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 22, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 20, 2019
• Last Verified: November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: acupuncture; caregiver; patient; surveys and questionnaires
• Other Study ID Numbers: AZGS2018093

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No