Clinical trial · Interventional
Acupuncture for QoL and Symptoms in Gastric Cancer During Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Effect of Acupuncture for Quality of Life and Symptom Control in Patients With Gastric Cancer Undergoing Adjuvant Chemotherapy
- 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)
In the investigator's pilot study(NCT 03753399), a trend of improvement of quality of life, as well as release of symptoms, in gastric patients in acupuncture groups was indicated. This study will evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture on QoL in gastric cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with more samples. Enrolled participates will randomly receive high-dose acupuncture, low-dose acupuncture or non-acupuncture during the first 3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy after resection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stomach Neoplasms | Gastric Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- High-dose acupuncture
- description
- Acupuncture for 7 times every 3 weeks (one cycle of chemotherapy) for 9 weeks (3 cycles of chemotherapy)
- interventionNames
- Procedure: acupuncture
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Low-dose acupuncture
- description
- Acupuncture for 3 times every 3 weeks (one cycle of chemotherapy) for 9 weeks (3 cycles of chemotherapy)
- interventionNames
- Procedure: acupuncture
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual care
- description
- Chemotherapy without acupuncture
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 1.Pathologically diagnosed with gastric cancer or esophagogastric junction cancer after R0 resection and D2 lymph node dissection; * 2.Pathological stage II or stage III * 3.Without tumor recurrence confirmed by image examination; * 4.No chemotherapy after surgery, planning to accept at least 3 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy; * 5.Age:18\~75 years old * 6.ECOG score≤ 2 * 7\. Normal organ function, including: 7.1 Bone marrow function: absolute neutrophil count (ANC)≥1.5×10e9/L, platelet (PLT)≥100×10e9/ L,hemoglobin (Hb)≥90g/L; 7.2 Kidney function: Serum creatinine (Scr)≤1.5mg/dl(133μmol/L), or creatinine clearance rate (Ccr)≥60ml/min; 7.3 Liver function: Total bilirubin (TB)≤1.5×upper limit of normal value (ULN), Alanine transaminase (ALT)≤2.5×ULN, Aspartate transaminase (AST)≤2.5×ULN; * 8\. Can understand the study well and finish the questionnaires in this study; 9. With the written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Can not finish the baseline assessment; * 2\. Needle phobia; * 3\. Currently diagnosed with psychiatric disorder (e.g., severe depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or schizophrenia); * 4\. History of autoimmune diseases, hematological diseases or organ transplantation, or long term use of hormones or immunosuppressors; * 5\. Implanted with heart pacemaker; * 6\. Has accepted neoadjuvant radiotherapy before surgery; * 7\. Planning to accept adjuvant radiotherapy after surgery; * 8\. With active infection; * 9\. Acupuncture treatment within the previous 6 weeks; * 10.Pregnant or lactating women.
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDZhu YJ, Chang XS, Wu XY, Wang W, Diao DC, Li Y, Zhang HY, Xiao J, Zhai XH, Yu JL, Wang W, Zhou JX, Huang ZL, Zhang T, Ouyang W, Janjigian YY, Cytryn SL, Xiao ZZ, Liu YH, Zhou R, Ma HC, Chen YD, Peng JJ, Mao JJ, Zhang HB. Electro-acupuncture for quality of life during adjuvant chemotherapy in gastric cancer: a randomized trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2026 Apr 1;118(4):603-612. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf309. PMID 41143548
- DERIVEDChang X, Zhu Y, Zhao W, Liu Y, He Y, Chen Y, Xu D, Mao JJ, Zhang HB. Electro-acupuncture for health-related quality of life and symptoms in patients with gastric cancer undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy (EAGER): a protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2023 Jul 11;21(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12955-023-02135-9. PMID 37434165