Ancient heat therapy tested for Life-Threatening transplant complication
NCT ID NCT07572669
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether moxibustion, a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves burning dried mugwort near the skin, can help people with a severe complication of stem cell transplants called graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) that does not respond to steroids. The trial will enroll 42 patients who have gut symptoms like belly pain and diarrhea. All will receive standard second-line drugs, and some will also get moxibustion once or twice daily for 28 days. The main goal is to see if the combination improves response rates by day 28.
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Active substance
moxibustion (a traditional Chinese medicine procedure involving burning dried mugwort near the skin at specific acupoints)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a safe, non-drug add-on therapy to help control severe gut symptoms in patients who don't respond to steroids after a stem cell transplant.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-phase (Phase 2) trial with only 42 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Moxibustion is an unproven complementary therapy, and any benefit over standard care alone is uncertain.
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Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430022, China
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