An interventional study of Acupuncture in Breast Neoplasms, sponsored by First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Recruiting at 3 sites in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-16.
Sponsored by First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study adopts a multicenter, pragmatic, umbrella randomized controlled trial design integrated with the shared decision-making (SDM) model. Patients are stratified into four subgroups based on their core psychosomatic symptom phenotypes (single symptom vs. multiple comorbid symptoms). Participants are randomly assigned to the intervention group or control group at a 2:1 allocation ratio. For the intervention group, personalized interventions (including manual acupuncture, auricular point pressing, and combined manual acupuncture plus auricular point pressing) are selected via shared decision-making between clinicians and patients, while the control group receives routine nursing care. The study evaluates the improvement efficacy of single symptoms and the synergistic relief effect of multiple co-occurring symptoms across all psychosomatic phenotype subgroups under the shared decision-making framework. This design addresses the limitation of conventional randomized controlled trials that only focus on individual symptoms, and better fits real-world clinical scenarios characterized by multimorbid coexistence.
Exclusion Criteria:
Acupuncture、Auricular point pressing
Other: Acupuncture
In the intervention group, personalized interventions (manual acupuncture, auricular point pressing, and combined manual acupuncture plus auricular point pressing) were selected through shared decision-making between physicians and patients.
Also known as: Auricular point pressing
Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast, FACT-B
Instruments for assessing Quality of Life (QoL) among breast cancer patients；Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B Version 4.0) Uniform response options: 0 = Not at all, 1 = A little bit, 2 = Somewhat, 3 = Quite a bit, 4 = Very much Unified scoring rule for all subscales and total scores: Higher scores indicate better quality of life among breast cancer patients; lower scores reflect more severe physical, emotional, social and breast-specific distress.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Hospital anxiety and depression scale,HADS
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) Full Scoring Standard Specifications Subscale 1: Anxiety subscale (HADS-A) Number of items: 7 Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 21 Interpretation: Higher scores mean more severe anxiety symptoms. Subscale 2: Depression subscale (HADS-D) Number of items: 7 Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 21 Interpretation: Higher scores mean more severe depressive symptoms. HADS total score Composition: HADS-A score + HADS-D score Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 42 Interpretation: Higher total scores indicate more severe combined anxiety and depression symptoms. Supplementary Response Option Rule (Standard HADS 4-point Likert) All items adopt 4-point scoring from 0 to 3; higher single item scores stand for worse emotional conditions.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Pittsburgh sleep quality index，PSQI
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) Full Scoring Standard Description PSQI component subscores (7 sleep dimensions) Each component score range: 0-3 PSQI global total score Full name: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Global Score Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 21 Interpretation: Higher global scores represent worse overall sleep quality; lower scores indicate better sleep quality.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Brief Fatigue Inventory，BFI
Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) Full Scoring Standard Description Single item scoring range for each fatigue item: 0-10 BFI Global Fatigue Severity Score Full name: Brief Fatigue Inventory Global Fatigue Severity Score Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 10 Interpretation: Higher scores indicate more severe fatigue; lower scores represent milder fatigue status. Supplement The total global score is the average of all 9 items of the BFI. Each item uses a 0-10 numerical rating scale, where 0 = no fatigue at all and 10 = worst fatigue imaginable.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Brief Pain Inventory，BPI
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Full Scoring Standard Description Single item scoring range: Each pain-related item is scored on a 0-10 numeric rating scale (0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable) BPI Pain Severity Score Full name: Brief Pain Inventory Pain Severity Score Composition: Average score of 4 pain severity items (worst pain, least pain, average pain, pain right now) Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 10 Interpretation: Higher scores mean greater pain severity BPI Pain Interference Score Full name: Brief Pain Inventory Pain Interference Score Composition: Average score of 7 pain interference items (interference with general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, relations with others, sleep, enjoyment of life) Minimum score: 0 Maximum score: 10 Interpretation: Higher scores indicate more severe interference of pain on daily life
Time frame: 8 weeks
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