Clinical trial · Interventional
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
NCT00081965CI-TRIAL-00008668completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Hot Flashes | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| acupuncture therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| hot flashes attenuation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| management of therapy complications | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Frequency and severity of hot flashes, as measured by a hot flash diary
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
Show eligibility criteria text
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
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTDeng 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. PMID 18065731