Efficacy of Ear Acupuncture in Preventing Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients

March 13, 2024 updated by: Wahyuningsih Djaali, Indonesia University

Chemotherapy is a cancer therapy performed on advanced cancer with quite good success, but this therapy has quite a lot of side effects. Chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting or commonly known as CINV, is a condition of nausea and vomiting experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, with a prevalence of around 80% of all patients undergoing chemotherapy, and 40% has the potential to become severe. This study aims to determine the efficacy of a new acupuncture modality, namely the press needle, in preventing CINV symptoms in pediatric patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

The study was conducted using a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) design in 64 pediatric cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy who were randomized into 2 groups, namely: (1) standard medical therapy as the control group; and (2) a combination of standard therapy with press needle acupuncture as the treatment group. The ear acupuncture points used are Shenmen and Stomach, and one body acupuncture point is PC6. Outcome measurements were carried out in the form of the RINVR questionnaire to assess the intensity of nausea and vomiting measured at 4 times: (1) 3 days before chemotherapy; (2) days of chemotherapy; (3) 12 hours after chemotherapy; (4) 3 days after chemotherapy.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

64

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Indonesia
    • DKI Jakarta
      • Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, 10430
        • Recruiting
        • RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo
        • Contact:
          • Wahyuningsih Djaali

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pediatric patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy.
  • Age 6 - 18 years.
  • Patients with platelet counts > 20,000/μL and neutrophil values > 1,000/μL.
  • Willing to follow the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with local infection in the puncture area.
  • Patients with anatomic abnormalities in the auricle.
  • Did not complete the acupuncture therapy until it was finished (three days after chemotherapy).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
The control group was given a placebo press needle acupuncture (using plaster) with standard medical therapy for CINV prevention.
Device: Plesterin
The plaster used is a round plaster that resembles the shape of an acupuncture press needle.
Experimental: Acupuncture
The intervention group was given press needle acupuncture with standard medical therapy for CINV prevention.
Device: Press needle acupuncture
Press needle acupuncture is a modality of acupuncture using tiny and very thin needles.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting, and Retching (RINVR) questionnaire
Time Frame: 9 days
Method instrument for assessing nausea and vomiting consisting of eight statements
9 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Indonesia University

Collaborators

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 16, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 10, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

April 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 26, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 6, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 15, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 13, 2024

Last Verified

March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 19944

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting

Clinical Trials on Plesterin

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Mongolia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe