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Can acupuncture soothe the mind and body in breast cancer?

NCT ID NCT07763587

Symptom relief Sponsor: First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 13, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This trial tests whether personalized acupuncture—chosen together by the patient and clinician—can ease psychosomatic symptoms like anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and fatigue in women with breast cancer. Participants are divided into groups based on their symptom patterns and then randomly assigned to receive either tailored acupuncture or routine nursing care. The study measures changes in quality of life and symptom severity to see if this approach offers real-world benefits beyond standard care.

What this could mean

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

Active substance
Acupuncture (manual acupuncture and/or auricular point pressing), chosen via shared decision-making between clinician and patient
What this could lead to
If effective, this could offer a personalized, drug-free way to ease multiple psychosomatic symptoms—like anxiety, fatigue, and poor sleep—in breast cancer patients, improving their quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is a mid-sized trial, and results may not apply to all patients. Acupuncture effects can vary, and the study relies on patient-reported outcomes, which may be influenced by expectations.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 216 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2026

Expected to finish

Mar 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 70 years

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients aged 18 to 70 years old; * Patients with pathologically or cytologically confirmed breast cancer; * Meeting at least one diagnostic criterion for psychosomatic symptoms:Anxiety or depressive state: subscale score of anxiety or depression on the HADS ≥ 8;Sleep disturbance: total score of the PSQI ≥ 8;Cancer-related fatigue: total score of the BFI ≥ 4; * Expected survival time ≥ 1 year; * Clear consciousness, basic communication ability, and capacity to complete scale assessments cooperatively; * Voluntary written informed consent signed by the patient or legal representative. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with severe mental disorders (such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) or lacking civil capacity; * Ineligibility for auricular point pressing intervention: local auricular skin breakage, infection, or allergic constitution (allergy to vaccaria seeds or adhesive plasters); * Patients receiving other acupuncture or acupoint pressing interventions, or those unable to discontinue such treatments during the trial period; * Patients unsuitable for manual acupuncture, including those with bleeding tendency (e.g., coagulation disorders, purpura) or local skin lesions at acupoint sites; * Complicated with severe heart, liver, renal or other organ failure, or cachexia; * Pregnant or lactating women.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer breast neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Breast neoplasms

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Tianjin, China

  • Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tianjin, China

  • Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tianjin, China

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