Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupuncture for Chemical Therapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Impact of Acupuncturist Expertise on Clinical Effectiveness for Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Cancer Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- 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 is an expertise-based randomized controlled trial. The hypothesis of this study is that the differences in expertise of acupuncturist may impact clinical effect. In this study, patients will be randomized to 4 group, receiving the treatment from senior acupuncturist, junior acupuncturist, junior acupuncturist by only acupuncture Neiguan(P6), or not receive the acupuncture. All patients receive the basic cisplatin chemotherapy. The duration of treatment is from the first day receiving cisplatin until two days after cisplatin on each group. NCI and Rhode scale will be used to measure the control of nausea and vomiting.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual acupuncture implemented by junior acupuncturists | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Manual acupuncture implemented by senior acupuncturists | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Manual acupuncture on P6 point | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- A(senior acupuncturists)
- description
- Manual acupuncture implemented by senior acupuncturists (clinical experience \>15 years)
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Manual acupuncture implemented by senior acupuncturists
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- B(junior acupuncturists)
- description
- Manual acupuncture implemented by junior acupuncturists (clinical experience \<5 years)
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Manual acupuncture implemented by junior acupuncturists
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- C(P6 points)
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of cancer * Must receive cancer chemotherapy containing cisplatin * Use 5-TH receptor antagonists as an antiemetic drug in the chemotherapy duration Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent neoplasms or illness that induces nausea independent of chemotherapy * Received acupuncture treatments for other conditions less than 4 weeks before chemotherapy treatment * Severe infection * Severe heart, liver, kidney and brain diseases * Cardiac pacemaker * Radiotherapy or hormone therapy during chemotherapy treatments
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