Clinical trial · Interventional
Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture-Point for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/Vomiting
Stimulation of Auricular Acupuncture-Point for Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea/Vomiting: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Cross-over Study
- 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)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate auricular acupuncture as an antiemetic treatment compared with sham acupuncture and with no acupuncture in patients receiving moderately-high to highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Acupuncture constitutes a nonpharmacological intervention for chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting (CINV). Chinese medicine holds that stimulating select points both on the body and the ear, that lie along meridians or life channels, can relieve diseases.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auricular acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Sham auricular acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- A
- description
- The subjects in arms A and B will receive auricular acupuncture. The subjects in arms A will receive auricular acupuncture (at 2nd and 4th chemotherapy courses) as well as the sham auricular acupuncture (at the 3rd chemotherapy course).
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Auricular acupuncture
- Procedure: Sham auricular acupuncture
- type
- SHAM_COMPARATOR
- label
- B
- description
- The subjects in arms A and B will receive auricular acupuncture. The subjects in arm B will receive the sham auricular acupuncture (at the 2nd and 4th chemotherapy courses) and auricular acupuncture (at the 3rd chemotherapy course).
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Auricular acupuncture
- Procedure: Sham auricular acupuncture
- type
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically or cytologically confirmed carcinoma * Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below: * ANC greater than or equal to 1500/mcL * Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mcL * AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) less than 5 x institutional upper limit of normal * Creatinine within normal institutional limits, OR * Creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels less than 1.5mg/dl * Patients should have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with known CAD, CVA, epilepsy, hypotension, hypertension
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