Acupuncture for Shortness of Breath in Cancer Patients

• Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) (NIH)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00067691
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI) (NIH)
• Enrollment: 40
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 24
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1.7

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective in relieving shortness of breath among breast and lung cancer patients.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Lung Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms	Procedure: Acupuncture	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Double
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Acupuncture for Shortness of Breath in Cancer Patients
• Study Start Date: Nov 1, 2001
• Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2003

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 0 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of local or metastatic breast or lung cancer

• Shortness of breath with onset after cancer diagnosis

• Life expectancy of at least 4 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior acupuncture

• Other conditions suspected of causing shortness of breath, such as congestive heart failure, sarcoid disease, pneumonia, or obesity

• No chest wall deformity

• Neuromuscular disorders

• Pulmonary vascular disease

• Anemia

• Uncontrolled pain or infection

• Heart valve dysfunction

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research	New York	New York	United States	10021

Sponsors and Collaborators

• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00067691
• Other Study ID Numbers: R21AT001029-01
• First Posted: Aug 27, 2003
• Last Update Posted: Aug 18, 2006
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2006

• Keywords provided by , ,: Lung cancer; Breast cancer; Shortness of breath; Dyspnea; Metastasis; Breathlessness; Acupuncture
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; Lung Neoplasms; Dyspnea

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 18, 2006