A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Acupuncture and Waitlist Control in Survivorship and Prostate Cancer, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Active, not recruiting at 8 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-05.
Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to test whether acupuncture can improve nocturia in prostate cancer survivors. This is the first time acupuncture is being studied for nocturia in prostate cancer survivors. Researchers will see if acupuncture is a practical treatment option for prostate cancer survivors with nocturia. The study will also look at the effect acupuncture has on nocturia and other symptoms prostate cancer survivors experience such as insomnia, hot flashes, anxiety, depression, tiredness (fatigue), sexual dysfunction, and cognitive (mental) difficulties.
7,046 studies on the registry are indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms; 1,580 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 60 across 5,348 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.
Browse Prostatic Neoplasms studies →Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 1,964 studies on the registry; 327 are open to participants now.
Of its 135 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 71 (53%) have results posted.
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Acupuncture group will receive 10 treatments of acupuncture over the course of 10 weeks (i.e. one treatment a week) with a +/- 14-day window.
Procedure: Acupuncture · Other: Questionnaires
The waitlist control group will not receive any acupuncture treatments during the 14-week waiting period. Patients in waitlist control group will have the option to receive up to 10 acupuncture treatments after a 14-week waiting period.
Other: Waitlist Control · Other: Questionnaires
10 treatments of acupuncture over the course of 10 weeks
The waitlist control group will not receive any acupuncture treatments during the 14-week waiting period. Patients in waitlist control group will have the option to receive up to 10 acupuncture treatments after a 14-week waiting period.
Patients will complete Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO)
success
If a participant completes at least 8 out of 10 acupuncture sessions. Feasibility will be evaluated based on the respective definitions of success for the acupuncture.
Time frame: 1 year
Plan to share: Yes — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.
Started Sep 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Sep 2027, 60 months after the start.
Of 114 non-industry phase 1/2 interventional studies under Prostatic Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 65 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 28 and three quarters within 85. This study's planned 60 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 210 studies reached it within 61 months; a quarter within 30 and three quarters within 85.
Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Oct 5, 2026: primary completion Sep 2026 → Sep 2027 and completion Sep 2026 → Sep 2027.
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