Can acupuncture with electricity help cancer patients recover from aggressive treatment?

NCT ID NCT06340906

Ongoing Symptom relief Sponsor: University of California, Irvine Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether electroacupuncture (a type of acupuncture with mild electrical pulses) can help manage pain, nausea, diarrhea, and insomnia in people who have had cytoreductive surgery and heated chemotherapy for cancer. The trial will enroll 20 patients to see if the treatment is practical and acceptable. Researchers will also check if it reduces symptoms and affects certain blood markers.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: electroacupuncture
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward a drug-free way to ease common side effects after major cancer surgery and chemotherapy.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 20 participants. It is designed to see if the approach is practical, not to prove it works. Results may not apply to everyone.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer neoplasm peritoneum cancer

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

CANCER

Contacts and locations

Locations

UCI Health Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute

Irvine, California, 92697, United States
University of California Irvine, Health

Orange, California, 92868, United States

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