Clinical trial · Interventional
Implementing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Into Palliative Care
Implementing Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine Into Palliative Care: A Randomized Controlled Open-label Clinical Trial
NCT04584775CI-TRIAL-00077899withdrawnN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Covid19 Pandemia
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
In this clinical trial we want to investigate the clinical benefit of a complementary therapy using therapeutical modalities of the traditional chinese medicine in patients suffering from advanced cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Cholangiocarcinoma | Cholangiocarcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Colo-rectal Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Pancreas Cancer | Pancreatic Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Symptoms and Signs | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Treatment modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tunia, Chinese dietetics) | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Traditional Chinese Medicine plus Standard Care
- description
- Participants in this group will receive standard Palliative Care and will additionally see a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine. No strict protocol for the actual intervention exists (pragmatic approach). The participants will at least receive acupuncture and/or chinese herbal medicine. The standard care will include any established medical intervention according to currently available guidelines in palliative care.
- interventionNames
- Other: Treatment modalities of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tunia, Chinese dietetics)
- Other: Standard care
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Standard Care
- description
- The standard care will include any established medical intervention according to currently available guidelines in palliative care.
- interventionNames
- Other: Standard care
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * One of the following tumor entities * Colorectal cancer (CRC) * Lung cancer (SCLC, NSCLC) * Breast cancer (BC) * Pancreas/Cholangiocellular cancer * Best supportive care (i.e., no currently ongoing tumor-specific therapy) o Exception: palliative anti-hormonal therapy or palliative radiotherapy * Performance status: ECOG 0 to 2 * Estimated life expectancy \> 4 months Exclusion Criteria: * Any serious concomitant systemic disorder * Pregnancy or breast-feeding * Impossibility to attend TCM practices in Graz * Incapacity to comply/consent * Language barrier * Brain metastases
References
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