Holistic Acupuncture for Patients With Chemotherapy Induced Nausea

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Gynaecologic Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Metastatic

In brief

The study explores whether acupuncture as a supplement to conventional antiemetic medicine is superior in reducing the level of chemotherapy induced nausea compared to conventional anitemetic medicine alone. A total of 90 patients experiencing chemotherapy induced nausea will be allocated 1:1 to either acupuncture and antiemetic medicine or antiemetic medicine alone. The level of nausea and other cancer related symptoms will be assessed at baseline and 8 and 22 days after enrollment

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07201194

Run by

Vejle Hospital

People needed

90

Starts

2025-11-17

Expected to finish

2027-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years of age
• Undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing nausea despite adherence to the prescribed antiemetic regimen
• Understands and speaks Danish
• Written and orally informed consent
• Planned for treatment every 14 days
• At least two chemotherapy cycles planned at the time of inclusion

You may not qualify if…

• Brain metastases
• Performance status >2

Where it is running

• Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital — Vejle, Denmark (enrolling)

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