Impact on Quality of Life by Moxibustion in Chemotherapy for Cancer

NCT ID: NCT02261571

Last Updated: 2014-10-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-10-31

Study Completion Date

2015-09-30

Brief Summary

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Most cancer patients experience multiple symptoms related to chemotherapy and use CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) as an adjunct to conventional treatment. Moxibustion is traditional Korean medical therapeutic method and uses the heat generated by burning herbal preparations containing Artemisia vulgaris to stimulated acupoint.

Herein, the investigators propose an open-label pilot study investigating the effectiveness of moxibustion stimulation at abdominal acupoint on quality of life in cancer patients under chemotherapy.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Moxibustion

A series of moxibustion sessions within six weeks from baseline with adjuvant chemotherapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Moxibustion

Intervention Type OTHER

In the moxibustion treatment group, 3 moxibustion, 3 acupoints(CV12, CV8, CV54) will be heated with indirected moxibustion.

The moxibustion will be removed when the patient feel hotness and require remove them

Waiting

Participants who will be allocated to waitlist will receive no moxibustion treatments throughout the 6 weeks while receiving adjuvant chemotherapy

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Moxibustion

In the moxibustion treatment group, 3 moxibustion, 3 acupoints(CV12, CV8, CV54) will be heated with indirected moxibustion.

The moxibustion will be removed when the patient feel hotness and require remove them

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnostic histopathology of cancer
* Performance status of 0-2 on the European Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance scale.
* Patients on chemotherapy currently have plan to receive chemotherapy for more than 6 weeks.
* Follow-up possible during the clinical trial
* Informed signed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with Severe Heart disease and hypertension that is not controlled (systolic blood pressure \>160 or Diastolic blood pressure \>100)
* Patients with diabetes that is not controlled (FBST \>180 or BST\>250)
* Patients with abdominal injury or severe ascites can't be received moxibustion therapy on abdomen.
* Hypersensitive section to moxibustion treatment
* Inability to comprehend or express oneself in the Korean language
* An Individual deemed to be ineligible by a physician
* Refusal to participate in this trial or to provide informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine Institute of South Korea

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hyun jung, Jung

assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Deagu Hanny University Medical center

Deagu, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Hyun Jung Jung, KMD, Ph. D

Role: CONTACT

+82537702082

Facility Contacts

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Hyun Jung Jung, KMD, Ph. D

Role: primary

References

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Lee MS, Kang JW, Ernst E. Does moxibustion work? An overview of systematic reviews. BMC Res Notes. 2010 Nov 5;3:284. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-284.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21054851 (View on PubMed)

Lee MS, Choi TY, Park JE, Lee SS, Ernst E. Moxibustion for cancer care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer. 2010 Apr 7;10:130. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-130.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20374659 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CIMI-14-01-08

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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