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NCT04917796
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The Effect of Electroacupuncture on Nerve Pain Caused by Chemotherapy (Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy)

Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial of electroacupuncture (referred to as EA) versus sham acupuncture (referred to as EA) as effective treatments for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) pain in cancer survivors.

Official title: A Randomized Phase III Clinical Trial of Acupuncture for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment (ACT)

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

255

Start Date

2021-05-21

Completion Date

2026-04-24

Last Updated

2026-01-30

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

OTHER

Electroacupuncture

Real and sham acupuncture will be delivered by experienced licensed acupuncturists. The intervention includes 10 treatments of acupuncture over 8 weeks (i.e., twice per week for two weeks, then one treatment per week for six weeks).

OTHER

Sham Acupuncture

Real and sham acupuncture will be delivered by experienced licensed acupuncturists. The intervention includes 10 treatments of acupuncture over 8 weeks (i.e., twice per week for two weeks, then one treatment per week for six weeks).

Locations (6)

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited protocol activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities)

Rockville Centre, New York, United States