Clinical trial · Interventional
Preoperative Relaxation Training and Acupuncture to Minimize Perioperative Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients
Entspannung Und Akupunktur Zur Reduktion Perioperativer Symptome Bei Brustkrebspatientinnen- Eine Randomisiert-kontrollierte Interventionsstudie im Kontext Einer Integrativ Onkologischen Versorgung (EARpeS)
- 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)
Breast cancer surgery is associated with presurgical psychological distress and clinically significant side effects including postsurgical pain, nausea and fatigue. A few studies have examined how to intervene to assist women undergoing breast cancer surgery. For example presurgical hypnosis has been proven to decrease side effects and even intraoperative anesthesia use. Besides the more psychologically based interventions there are a few studies suggesting positive effects of acupuncture on pain, anxiety and nausea in surgery patients.This study aims to investigate whether a presurgical relaxation training, acupuncture treatment or a combination of both therapies is able to reduce presurgical psychological distress an postsurgical side effects in breast cancer patients in comparison to usual care.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| acupuncture | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| relaxation training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- relaxation training
- description
- Each participant of the experimental group 1 receives 2 one-hour sessions of guided relaxation training prior to surgery.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: relaxation training
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- acupuncture
- description
- Each participant of the experimental group 2 receives 3 acupuncture treatments with a semi-standardized acupoint scheme: once a week over 2 weeks and the day before surgery.
- interventionNames
- Other: acupuncture
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- relaxation training and acupuncture
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion criteria: * clinically proven breast cancer with an indication for breast conserving surgery with max. 50% volume reduction * physical and psychological ability to take part in relaxation training Exclusion criteria: * serious psychiatric disorder * to time span to surgery shorter than 2 weeks or longer than 20 weeks
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