Needles vs. nerve pain: can acupuncture ease Chemo's harsh side effect?

NCT ID NCT04917796

Summary

This study is testing if a form of acupuncture using mild electrical stimulation can help reduce pain from nerve damage caused by chemotherapy. It involves 255 cancer survivors who have finished treatment but still suffer from this painful side effect. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either the real acupuncture treatment or a sham (fake) version to see which one works better.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited protocol activities)

    Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

    Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)

    Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited protocol activities)

    Rockville Centre, New York, 11553, United States

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