Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupuncture in Palliative Cancer Care
A Feasibility Study in Acupuncture for Symptom Management in Palliative Care.
- 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)
Research question: Can acupuncture improve symptom control and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced incurable cancer? The purposes of this study is to investigate the feasibility of performing a randomized trial with acupuncture in improving symptom control and quality of life (QOL) in patients with advanced incurable cancer at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre in Victoria. We will: * Evaluate whether subjects who are receiving palliative care for cancer related symptoms can tolerate and complete to a course of acupuncture treatments. * Evaluate whether it is possible to conduct a study using acupuncture on cancer patients.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Palliative Care | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nurse-led supportive care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Nurse-led supportive care
- description
- Visit with a Palliative Care nurse once weekly for 4 weeks
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Nurse-led supportive care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Acupuncture
- description
- Patients received acupuncture once a week for 4 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Acupuncture
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The change in Edmonton Symptom Assessment Score (ESAS) after intervention (ESAS at baseline - ESAS at first follow up) will be analysed for each of the 4 symptoms (fatigue, anxiety, depression, a lack of well-being) under investigation. Results will be
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * patients receiving palliative therapy for incurable cancer * anticipated survival of at least 3 months * able to complete ESAS sheet unaided * ESAS of 5 or more in at least one of the following symptoms; fatigue, depression, anxiety and lack of wellbeing Exclusion Criteria: * refuse to receive weekly acupuncture for 4 weeks * refuse to receive nursing support for 4 weeks * known to have impaired clotting of blood
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