Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupuncture in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment
A Feasibility Study of Acupuncture to Improve Quality of Life and Fatigue in Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy Treatment
- 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)
Feasibility randomized controlled trial of standard care v standard care + acupuncture administered by specially-trained therapy radiographers in patients undergoing radiotherapy. It is a feasibility study to investigate all aspects of a future definitive randomized controlled trial, including statistical power calculation, hence there is no primary outcome or time point. Mixed methods: literature review, model validity, training and mentoring of radiographers, processes, resources, interventions, procedures, patient clinical outcomes, patient and stakeholder qualitative outcomes
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 (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Acupuncture
- description
- Acupuncture administered by specially-trained therapeutic radiographers to patients attending the UCH radiotherapy department for radiotherapy intended to be curative of their cancer
- interventionNames
- Device: Acupuncture
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard care
- description
- Standard care for patients attending the UCH radiotherapy department for radiotherapy intended to be curative of their cancer
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- EORTC QLQC-30
- timeFrame
- Change from baseline (T0) to end of radiotherapy (3-8 weeks depending on tumor site and stage) (T2)
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients due to receive radical (curative) radiotherapy * Patients of either gender and older than 16 years old. * Patients with any cancer diagnosis. * Patients willing to participate in the study and be randomised to one of the two treatment arms. * Patients willing to attend at least 3 acupuncture treatments if assigned to the acupuncture intervention. * Palliative patients. * Patients unwilling to participate (for instance due to needle phobia). * Patients currently receiving acupuncture. * Patients with a platelet count \<20 000mm. * Patients with a white blood cell count \<1000mm. * Patients with severe clotting dysfunction or who bruise spontaneously. * Patients unable to complete the questionnaires as judged by the investigators. Exclusion Criteria: \-
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