Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients
Each participant will have a baseline visit before her radiation therapy begins to complete
questionnaires. Participants will receive either true acupuncture or sham acupuncture twice
per week for the six weeks of radiation therapy. She will have a short questionnaire at
three weeks into her radiation, and she will complete questionnaires again at the end of her
radiation and four weeks later.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Cancer-related fatigue
10 weeks
No
Judith Balk, MD MPH
Principal Investigator
University of Pittsburgh
United States: Institutional Review Board
0506139
NCT00177840
September 2005
September 2007
Name | Location |
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Magee-Womens Hospital | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-3180 |