Acupuncture to Reduce Symptoms of Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Colorectal Neoplasms

In brief

This study investigates the effect of acupuncture in reducing symptom distress in adults with advanced colon cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00034034

Run by

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

People needed

105

Starts

2002-06-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-01-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Advanced colon cancer that has not responded to two rounds of chemotherapy
• Speak, read, write English
• Live within a 50 mile radius of Pittsburgh, PA
• Not taking any steroid medication
• A platelet count of 75,000 or greater
• Never had acupuncture before

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to stainless steal
• Implanted pacemaker
• Current skin infection
• Needle phobia
• Metastatic disease to the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord)

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cancer Institute — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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