Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupuncture in Reducing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Participants With Stage I-III Breast Cancer
Acupuncture for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Among Breast Cancer Patients
NCT03505671CI-TRIAL-00058819completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.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)
The goal of this study is to obtain preliminary evidence of the effect of 8 acupuncture treatments over 10 weeks in breast and GI cancer patients who are currently receiving or recently completed active neurotoxic chemotherapy and have clinically documented grade 1 or 2 neuropathy.
Conditions
Conditions (24)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIC Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture Therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Best Practice | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group 1 (acupuncture)
- description
- Participants undergo 8 45-minute acupuncture treatments over 10 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Acupuncture Therapy
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Group 2 (usual care)
- description
- Participants receive usual care.
- interventionNames
- Other: Best Practice
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Breast and GI cancer stage I-III * Currently receiving or recently completed neurotoxic chemotherapy (either adjuvant or neoadjuvant). Currently is defined as including up until when the next cycle would be delivered, that is if the patient is getting chemotherapy every week, this would include a week after their last treatment; if the patient is getting treatment every 2 weeks, this would include 2 weeks after their last treatment; if the patient is getting treatment every 3 weeks, this would include 3 weeks after their last treatment, etc. Recently completed is defined as 6 weeks after this time period. For example, if a patient was getting chemotherapy every week, this would include seven weeks after their last treatment; if the patient was getting treatment every 2 weeks, this would include 8 weeks after their last treatment; if the patient were getting treatment every 3 weeks, this would include 9 weeks after their last treatment, etc. * Clinical symptoms of peripheral neuropathy of grade 1 or grade 2 as measured by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-CTCAE * Ability and willingness to understand and sign an informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Self-reported or documented history of UNRESOLVED pre-existing peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or other conditions. * Unable to provide medical history. * Male patients. * Pregnant. * Unwilling to receive acupuncture or unable to travel for treatments.
References
Publications (0)
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No reference posted for this study.