The Effect of Acupuncture on Cancer-Related Cognitive Difficulties
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Official title
Effect and Mechanism of Acupuncture for Cancer-related Cognitive Difficulties (ENHANCE)
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to test whether acupuncture can improve cognitive difficulties and insomnia in survivors of breast cancer. Researchers will compare the effects of real acupuncture with those of placebo acupuncture and wait-list acupuncture. This study will also look at insomnia's link to cognitive difficulties. All study participants (receiving real acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, or wait-list acupuncture) will complete study questionnaires and/or have cognitive testing at Weeks 0, 4, 10, 14 and 26. After the Week 26 visit, your participation in this study will end. If you are assigned to receive placebo acupuncture or wait-list acupuncture, you will have the option of receiving up to 10 real acupuncture treatments within the six months after the study finishes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04837820
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 270 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Acupuncture Procedure
- Sham Acupuncture Procedure
- Wait-List Control (WLC) Other
- Questionnaires Other
Procedure · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- Female
- 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
- Apr 5, 2021
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2027
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2027
- Last update posted
- Apr 21, 2026
2021 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 7
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 7
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol activities) | Basking Ridge | New Jersey | 07920 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol activities) | Middletown | New Jersey | 07748 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities) | Montvale | New Jersey | 07645 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Limited Protocol Activities) | Commack | New York | 11725 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities) | Harrison | New York | 10604 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10065 | — |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities) | Uniondale | New York | 11553 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 21, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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