Acupuncture Treatment for Hot Flashes Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer

In brief

Patients with prostate cancer who are / were treated with hormonal treatment and developed hot flashes as a side effect are offered Acupuncture as an investigational intervention. The treatment is performed twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for the following six weeks

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00421902

Run by

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

People needed

50

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Treatment for prostate cancer using hormonal ablation therapy
• Average of three or more hot flashes a day
• Performance Status (Karnofsky ≥ 60)
• Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age
• No other clinically significant disease
• Signed study-specific consent form prior to study entry

You may not qualify if…

• Initiation of a new chemotherapy regimen, immunotherapy; or initiation/ cessation of hormonal therapy during the study or for 3 weeks before the start of the study
• Pharmacological treatment of hot flashes or use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (unless the dose and patients' condition have been stable for 4 weeks)
• Skin infections
• Patients who had acupuncture treatment in the 6 weeks prior to entering the study, or acupuncture given specifically for the treatment of hot flashes in the previous 6 months.

Where it is running

• NYP- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital — Brooklyn, New York, United States

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