Clinical trial · Interventional
Efficacy and Mechanisms of Acupuncture for Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Efficacy and Mechanisms of Acupuncture for Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Pain: : a Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial
NCT02510066CI-TRIAL-00018675unknownPhase 3ClinicalTrials.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)
This study compares the effect of acupuncture and placebo acupuncture on advanced pancreatic cancer pain and then investigates its potential mechanism of peripheral blood.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Placebo acupuncture | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Acupuncture
- description
- Acupuncture participants would receive electroacupuncture on Jiaji (Ex-B2) points for 3 times in a week.
- interventionNames
- Device: Acupuncture
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Placebo acupuncture
- description
- Placebo acupuncture participants would receive placebo acupuncture on non-point points for the same period.
- interventionNames
- Device: Placebo acupuncture
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pain scores, assessed with numeric rating scale (NRS)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Advanced pancreatic cancer at Ⅲ-Ⅳ stage diagnosed by histological/cytological examination. * Pain score of abdominal or back pain ≥3 on a numeric rating scale (NRS) graduated from 0 to 10. * Stable dose of analgesics at least 72 hours before randomization. * Expected survival time more than 1 month. Exclusion Criteria: * Another cause for abdominal or back pain (such as prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc, ulcer or other intra-abdominal disorder). * Acupuncture treatment in the past. * Contraindications for the use of acupuncture (such as severe allergies, bleeding tendency, infectious dermatosis and ulcer or scar at points). * Unable to give informed consent.
References
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