Acupuncture or Standard Therapy in Treating Pain and Dysfunction in Patients Who Have Undergone Neck Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer
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Official title
Acupuncture for Pain and Dysfunction Following Neck Dissection: A Randomized, Controlled, Phase III Trial
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Acupuncture may help relieve pain and dysfunction caused by cancer surgery. It is not yet known whether acupuncture is more effective than standard therapy in treating pain and dysfunction in patients who have undergone neck surgery for head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying acupuncture to see how well it works compared to standard therapy in treating pain and dysfunction in patients who have undergone neck surgery for head and neck cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00090337
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 73 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 2003 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Oct 2007 (Actual)
- Completion
- Oct 2007 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 7, 2013
2003 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 7, 2013 · Synced Oct 20, 2026
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