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Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture for Cancer Pain

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Ronald M Glick, MD

Research Sponsored by University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline visit

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether acupuncture can help relieve pain for people with advanced cancer.

Eligible Conditions

Cancer
Cancer Pain

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ week 4 and weeks 9, 10, 11, 12

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~week 4 and weeks 9, 10, 11, 12

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and week 4 and weeks 9, 10, 11, 12 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Assessing for treatment-related adverse events as recorded by Acupuncture Safety Record

Assessing for treatment-related and illness-related symptoms as recorded by Symptoms Checklist (SC)

Measuring effectiveness of acupuncture by assessing change in anxiety symptom ratings Weekly from Week 1-Week 12 and 4 week follow-up using PROMIS ® Item Bank v.1.0 measures: Emotional Distress-Anxiety - Short Form 4a

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Side effects data

From 2013 Phase 1 & 2 trial • 104 Patients • NCT01305811

Serious unexpected

Pain on needling

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Study treatment Arm

Bi-Weekly Acupuncture

Wait List

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: AcupunctureExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Eligible participants: have advanced stage cancer and associated pain will receive up to 12 acupuncture sessions will attend sessions at UPMC's Center for Integrative Medicine will complete study assessments at each visit will complete a follow-up 4 to 6 weeks after their last acupuncture visit. Total study involvement will range from 16 to 18 weeks.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of PittsburghLead Sponsor

1,720 Previous Clinical Trials

16,342,805 Total Patients Enrolled

Ronald M Glick, MDPrincipal InvestigatorHillman Cancer Center

2 Previous Clinical Trials

123 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Balancing Method (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04176575 — N/A

Cancer Pain Research Study Groups: Acupuncture

Cancer Pain Clinical Trial 2023: Balancing Method Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04176575 — N/A

Balancing Method (Traditional Chinese Medicine) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04176575 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants are being accepted into this clinical study?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov contains details which demonstrate that this clinical trial is open to recruitment, having first been posted on July 5th 2022 and edited lastly on the same day. A total of 60 patients across one location are being admitted for participation in the study."

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Is enrollment now open for this research endeavor?

"Current information available on clinicaltrials.gov suggests that this medical trial is in the process of enrolling patients. The first listing was published as recently as July 5th, 2022 and has since been updated for accuracy."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Balancing Method for Pain Related to Advanced Cancer

Ronald M. Glick, MD 2022. "Balancing Method for Pain Related to Advanced Cancer". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04176575.