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Acupuncture in Treating Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer

11. december 2012 opdateret af: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve hot flashes in women with breast cancer. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating hot flashes in women with breast cancer

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying acupuncture to see how well it works compared to a placebo in treating hot flashes in women with breast cancer.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

Determine whether acupuncture, compared to placebo, reduces the incidence of hot flashes in women with breast cancer.

Secondary

Determine the long-term effects of acupuncture on hot flashes.

OUTLINE: This a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to concurrent treatment with selective estrogen receptor modulators, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, or aromatase inhibitors (yes vs no), concurrent use of hot flash medication or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (yes vs no), baseline hot flash frequency (> 7 per day), and menopausal status at diagnosis (premenopausal vs postmenopausal). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

Arm I (treatment): Patients receive 8 acupuncture treatments over 4 weeks.
Arm II (control): Patients receive 8 placebo acupuncture treatments over 4 weeks. Beginning at week 7, patients are offered 8 true acupuncture treatments over 4 weeks.

Patients in both arms complete a "hot flash" diary for 1 week before treatment and then periodically during and after treatment.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 80 patients will be accrued for this study.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Forventet)

Fase

Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

Forenede Stater
- New York
  - New York, New York, Forenede Stater, 10021
    - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Deltagelseskriterier

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Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

Barn
Voksen
Ældre voksen

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Kvinde

Beskrivelse

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

Diagnosis of breast cancer (including in situ disease)
Must be receiving treatment for breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) or its regional site (Commack)
Has an average of 3 or more hot flashes a day during 1 week of baseline diary recording
Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Female
Pre- or postmenopausal
Karnofsky performance status 70-100%
Ambulatory
No skin infection

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

More than 3 weeks since prior and no concurrent treatment with any of the following during the 6 week evaluation period of the trial:
- Surgery
- Initiation of a new chemotherapy regimen
- Initiation of immunotherapy
- Initiation of radiotherapy
- Initiation or cessation of hormonal therapy
More than 6 weeks since prior acupuncture treatment (6 months for acupuncture specifically for the treatment of hot flashes)
No concurrent pharmacological treatment for hot flashes unless dose has been stable for 4 weeks
No concurrent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) unless dose has been stable for 4 weeks

Studieplan

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Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

Primært formål: Støttende pleje
Tildeling: Randomiseret

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Frequency and severity of hot flashes, as measured by a hot flash diary

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Samarbejdspartnere

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Efterforskere

Ledende efterforsker: Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Generelle publikationer

Deng G, Vickers A, Yeung S, D'Andrea GM, Xiao H, Heerdt AS, Sugarman S, Troso-Sandoval T, Seidman AD, Hudis CA, Cassileth B. Randomized, controlled trial of acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Dec 10;25(35):5584-90. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.0774. Erratum In: J Clin Oncol. 2008 Mar 20;26(9):1572. D'Andrea, Gabriella M [added]; Xiao, Han [added]; Heerdt Alexandra S [added]; Sugarman, Stephen [added]; Troso-Sandoval, Tiffany [added]; Seidman, Andrew D [added]; Hudis, Clifford A [added].

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. maj 2007

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)