Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Post-Mastectomy Patients With Tissue Expanders
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer
In brief
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate changes in shoulder tightness, chest tightness, and general pain related to post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery with tissue expansion in women who are randomized to receive acupuncture treatment immediately after surgery (twice a week for 6 weeks) compared to those who are randomized to no acupuncture treatment for 6 weeks, but offered acupuncture at the end of the 6 week study period.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02639611
- Run by
- NYU Langone Health
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2013-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-08-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 79. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, enrolled in the The Breast Cancer Database of NYU Cancer Center (BCD) and who are having breast cancer surgery involving a mastectomy procedure with insertion of a tissue expander for reconstructive purposes
- Women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer
- Women who are enrolled in the Breast Cancer Database (BCD)
- Women who are having breast cancer surgery involving a mastectomy procedure with insertion of a tissue expander for reconstructive purposes
You may not qualify if…
- Women who had neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy, women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm, women who have chronic pre-operative pain, and/or women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations
- Women who had neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
- Women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy
- Women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm
- Women who have chronic pre-operative pain
- Women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations
- Women who are currently on anticoagulant therapy
- Women who are having breast reconstruction with Alloderm
- Women who have chronic pre-operative pain
- Women who have had a history of previous implants or prior augmentations
Where it is running
- New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States
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