Stress Reduction Through Acupuncture
Recruiting · NCT07132034 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
AcupunctureStandard supportive care
What this trial is about
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether eight weeks of weekly acupuncture can reduce psychological distress in breast cancer patients who have recently completed primary therapy compared to standard-of-care wait-list control.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Patients with localized breast cancer having completed primary therapy (operation +/- chemotherapy +/- radiotherapy) in the last 6 months - Distress Thermometer ≥ 5 - Age ≥ 18 years - Signed informed consent for participation of the trial
- Prior cancer is allowed
- Prior treatment - including chemotherapy - for a prior malignant tumor (including breast cancer) is allowed
- Concomitant participation in an experimental therapeutic drug trial is allowed
- Ongoing or planned Anti-her2/neu, immune checkpoint inhibitor, antihormonal and CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy or other adjuvant treatment scheduled for \> 3 months during study period is allowed
- Use of other complementary methods (including mistletoe) is allowed.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with language or cognitive deficits (including impaired consciousness) that are incompatible with the participation in the study
- Severe physical or psychiatric comorbidity that prevents a patient from participating in the study
- Patients incapable of giving consent
- Pregnancy
Where it is running
3 locations listed.
- University Hospital Basel - Basel, Switzerland
- Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal AG Frauenklinik - Rheinfelden, Switzerland
- Onkologie- & Hämatologiezentrums, Spital STS AG Thun - Thun, Switzerland