Acupuncture in Treating Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer
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.
調査の概要
詳細な説明
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.
研究の種類
入学 (予想される)
段階
- 適用できない
連絡先と場所
研究場所
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New York
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New York、New York、アメリカ、10021
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
- 子
- 大人
- 高齢者
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
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
研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか？
デザインの詳細
- 主な目的：支持療法
- 割り当て：ランダム化
この研究は何を測定していますか？
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
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Frequency and severity of hot flashes, as measured by a hot flash diary
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協力者と研究者
捜査官
- 主任研究者：Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD、Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
出版物と役立つリンク
研究記録日
主要日程の研究
一次修了 (実際)
研究の完了 (実際)
試験登録日
最初に提出
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最初の投稿 (見積もり)
学習記録の更新
投稿された最後の更新 (見積もり)
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最終確認日
詳しくは
本研究に関する用語
その他の研究ID番号
- 02-108
- MSKCC-02108A
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