Clinical trial · Interventional
Assessing Manual Acupuncture's Impact on Mucositis From Nasopharynx Cancer Radiotherapy: A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Quality of Life Study
Effects Of Manual Acupuncture On Mucositis Due To Radiotherapy For Nasopharynx Cancer On Visual Analogue Scale (Vas) Score And Quality Of Life
- 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 clinical trial is to learn if acupuncture can play a role in reducing pain and improving the quality of life of post-radiotherapy nasopharyngeal cancer mucositis patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: \- Do manual acupuncture and medication therapy affect pain intensity as measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS) in patients with oral mucositis compared with sham manual acupuncture and medication? Participants will receive acupuncture therapy 2 times a week for 3 weeks
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Mucositis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sham Acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Verum Acupuncture | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Verum Acupuncture
- description
- The verum acupuncture group will receive actual acupuncture therapy 2 times per week for 3 weeks
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Verum Acupuncture
- type
- SHAM_COMPARATOR
- label
- Sham Acupuncture
- description
- The Sham acupuncture group will receive Sham acupuncture therapy 2 times per week for 3 weeks
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Sham Acupuncture
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Visual Analogue Scale
- timeFrame
- Monitored 2 times per week for 3 weeks, and followed up again at week 4 without intervention.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 19 Years
- Maximum age
- 59 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects who have been proven by anatomical pathology examination to have a diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Cancer. * Subjects with adult Nasopharyngeal Cancer aged 19 years - 59 years. * Nasopharyngeal Cancer Patients, who underwent bilateral Head and Neck radiotherapy. * Patients diagnosed with mucositis. * Willing to participate in the research until completion by signing an informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Nasopharyngeal Cancer patients who have distant metastases (based on the Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) classification with the presence of metastases (M1)). * Subjects who still smoke and consume alcohol to date. * Patients have contraindications for manual acupuncture, namely the use of anti-coagulant drugs, the presence of infection or wounds at the puncture site, emergency conditions, and pregnancy. * There is a history of allergy to stainless steel materials. * Patients with blood clotting disorders; Platelets \<50,000/μL, Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) \<1000/mm3, patients undergoing anticoagulant therapy with International Normalized Ratio (INR) \>2.47
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