Electroacupuncture in Treating Chronic Dry Mouth Caused By Radiation Therapy in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
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Official title
Electroacupuncture for Xerostomia in Head and Neck Patients
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Electroacupuncture may help relieve chronic dry mouth caused by radiation therapy. It is not yet known whether electroacupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating chronic dry mouth caused by radiation therapy in patients with head and neck cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying electroacupuncture to see how well it works compared with a placebo in treating chronic dry mouth caused by radiation therapy in patients with head and neck cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00623129
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- questionnaire administration Other
- electroacupuncture therapy Procedure
- management of therapy complications Procedure
- quality-of-life assessment Procedure
Other · Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years to 89 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2006
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2010
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Apr 18, 2016
Started 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Arizona | Scottsdale | Arizona | 85259-5499 | — |
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