An interventional study of Acupuncture in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-04-06.
Sponsored by Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Genetic predictors of response to acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue among breast cancer patients after chemotherapy.
Cancer related fatigue(CRF) in patients with breast cancer has a great impact on their quality of life and treatment compliance. Many studies suggest that acupuncture has certain therapeutic effects on fatigue. In this clinical trial, we treated patients with acupuncture to alleviate their fatigue symptoms. Currently, studies have shown that cancer related fatigue in breast cancer patients is related to some biological factors. While acupuncture is used to treat fatigue, we will collect blood samples from patients for fatigue related single nucleotide polymorphisms（SNP）.
Based on CRF related biological factors, our study aims to screen SNPs that related to CRF related biological factors to guide electroacupuncture in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue and establish a prognostic model.
14,825 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 3,319 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 72 across 10,896 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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Patients with breast cancer who experienced fatigue were measured by the Brief Fatigue Inventory(BFI) scale and other Fatigue related questionnaire. Breast cancer patients diagnosed with cancer related fatigue are included in our clinical study，and those patients will receive acupuncture treatment. The position of acupuncture refers to the principle of acupuncture treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. According to ICD-10-CD code R53.0, the diagnosis of CRF is determined by the experience of diminished energy or other physical and psychological symptoms every day or almost every day for two consecutive weeks in the past month. We collected patients' blood to detect fatigue related SNP.
Device: Acupuncture
Patients with breast cancer who experienced fatigue were measured by the Brief Fatigue Inventory(BFI) scale and other Fatigue related questionnaire. Breast cancer patients diagnosed with cancer related fatigue are included in our clinical study，and those patients will receive acupuncture treatment. The position of acupuncture refers to the principle of acupuncture treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. According to ICD-10-CD code R53.0, the diagnosis of CRF is determined by the experience of diminished energy or other physical and psychological symptoms every day or almost every day for two consecutive weeks in the past month. We collected patients' blood to detect fatigue related SNP.
Difference of BFI score change after treatment
Brief Fatigue Inventory（ BFI）is a nine item scale used to evaluate the intensity of fatigue and the interference of fatigue to normal activities. The classification of fatigue severity is: Mild fatigue (1-3), Moderate fatigue (4-6) and Severe fatigue (7-10).
Time frame: 2 years
Side effects related to electroacupuncture
Side effects related to electroacupuncture
Time frame: 2 years
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Apr 2022; primary completion for Oct 2022, 6 months later.
Of 2,661 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 66. This study's planned 6 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 2,771 studies reached it within 33 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 66.
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