Assessment of Cancer Pain in Emergency Department in Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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Pain control is a common and serious problem in cancer patients. Although WHO has developed a three-stage model of cancer pain management, 80% cancer patients still suffer moderate to severe pain in their daily life. When patients are with acute exacerbation or aggravate of pain, they usually visit the emergency department for more help.

Acupuncture is a safe, low-invasive and economic treatment. And it has been world-wide used as a complementary therapy among patients with cancer. It can not only relieve pain in cancer patients, but also can reduce some of the side effects caused by some treatment.

This study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in cancer patient with acute pain onset through emergency department with objective Traditional Chinese Medicine assessment.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neoplasms Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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acupuncture

Experimental group would receive acupuncture at specific acupoints for 15 minutes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

acupuncture

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Acupuncture in the Hegu (LI4), Shousanli (LI10), Zusanli (ST36), Yanlinquan (GB34), Taichong (LV3) and Ouch point. Needles would be correctly inserted and manually stimulated until the 'De Qi' sensation is elicited. The needles would stay in place for 15 minutes.

seed

Control group would receive another intervention that we would put Vaccaria seeds near the acupoints but without acupressure for the same period.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Vaccaria seed

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

We put Vaccaria seeds near the acupoints without acupressure as an intervention in control group.

Interventions

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acupuncture

Acupuncture in the Hegu (LI4), Shousanli (LI10), Zusanli (ST36), Yanlinquan (GB34), Taichong (LV3) and Ouch point. Needles would be correctly inserted and manually stimulated until the 'De Qi' sensation is elicited. The needles would stay in place for 15 minutes.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Vaccaria seed

We put Vaccaria seeds near the acupoints without acupressure as an intervention in control group.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 20 to 75 years, either gender.
* Visit emergency department
* Chief complaint is pain.
* Diagnosed by oncologist with International Classification of Diseases 9th revision (ICD-9) code between 140.0 to 239.9.

Exclusion Criteria

* Serious comorbid conditions (for example, life-threatening condition).
* Patients who cannot communicate reliably with the investigator or who are not likely to obey the instructions of the trial.
* Pregnancy status.

Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No