Acupuncture in Treating Hot Flashes in Women With Breast Cancer

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Hot Flashes

In brief

RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve hot flashes in women with breast cancer. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating hot flashes in women with breast cancer PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying acupuncture to see how well it works compared to a placebo in treating hot flashes in women with breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00081965

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

80

Expected to finish

2007-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-13

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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