Trial of Acupuncture for Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer
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Official title
A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial of Acupuncture for Treatment of Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
This study is being done to find out what effects, good and/or bad, acupuncture has on participants and their xerostomia caused by radiation therapy for the treatment of the cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02589938
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 258 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 11, 2012 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Jul 29, 2022 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jul 29, 2022 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Feb 27, 2026
2012 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 36
- U.S. states
- 14
- U.S. cities
- 29
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center/Disney Family Cancer Center | Burbank | California | 91505 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-Santa Teresa-San Jose | San Jose | California | 95119 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-San Rafael | San Rafael | California | 94903 | — |
| Kaiser San Rafael-Gallinas | San Rafael | California | 94903 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Santa Clara | Santa Clara | California | 95051 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa | California | 95403 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-South San Francisco | South San Francisco | California | 94080 | — |
| Kaiser Permanente-Walnut Creek | Walnut Creek | California | 94596 | — |
| Queen's Medical Center | Honolulu | Hawaii | 96813 | — |
| University of Hawaii Cancer Center | Honolulu | Hawaii | 96813 | — |
| The Cancer Center of Hawaii-Liliha | Honolulu | Hawaii | 96817 | — |
| John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Physicians' Clinic of Iowa PC | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 52402 | — |
| Saint Luke's Hospital | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 52402 | — |
| Mercy Health Saint Mary's | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Spectrum Health at Butterworth Campus | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Mercy Hospital | Coon Rapids | Minnesota | 55433 | — |
| Fairview Southdale Hospital | Edina | Minnesota | 55435 | — |
| Hennepin County Medical Center | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| Park Nicollet Clinic - Saint Louis Park | Saint Louis Park | Minnesota | 55416 | — |
| University of New Mexico Cancer Center | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87102 | — |
| Christus Saint Vincent Regional Cancer Center | Santa Fe | New Mexico | 87505 | — |
| Wake Forest University Health Sciences | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
| Adena Regional Medical Center | Chillicothe | Ohio | 45601 | — |
| Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates Inc | Columbus | Ohio | 43214 | — |
| Providence Portland Medical Center | Portland | Oregon | 97213 | — |
| Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Spartanburg | Boiling Springs | South Carolina | 29316 | — |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | Greenville | South Carolina | 29605 | — |
| Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Eastside | Greenville | South Carolina | 29615 | — |
| Prisma Health Cancer Institute - Seneca | Seneca | South Carolina | 29672 | — |
| Meharry Medical College | Nashville | Tennessee | 37208 | — |
| MD Anderson in The Woodlands | Conroe | Texas | 77384 | — |
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| MD Anderson West Houston | Houston | Texas | 77079 | — |
| Providence Regional Cancer System-Lacey | Lacey | Washington | 98503 | — |
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02589938, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 27, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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