Oral cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation Combined Application
Blank control group:Routine Care
Sponsors
Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Oral cancer with radiation and histological confirmation.Adult > 18 years of age, without tumor recurrence. 2. with an anticipated survival of more than six months and Karnofsky performance status = 60. 3. Able to give informed consent and ethics committee approval. Patients communicate normally and (verbally or in writing). 4. Planned intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), with or without concurrent chemotherapy or induction treatment, no parotid duct ligation or excision, and best attempts to minimize the bilateral parotid. One parotid gland receives an average dosage of less than 20 Gy, while both parotid glands get an average dose of less than 25 Gy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of xerostomia prior to head and neck radiation therapy, Sj?gren's disease, salivary fistula, or another underlying systemic illness is known to cause xerostomia. 2. Patients who do not want to participate in this experiment or those who receive therapy using a different approach and are unable to follow the prescribed course of treatment 3. History of communication disorders, psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, and cardiovascular disease. with a cardiac pacemaker. pregnant women. 4. lower extremity disorders that prevent the selection of acupuncture points and allergies to acupuncture point patches. 5. If a patient was using any salivary substitute, they were asked to refrain from using the product for at least 24 hours prior to saliva and questionnaire data collection. 6. currently taking amifostine, cholinergic agonist medications (pilocarpine, cevimeline), or other medications are known to affect salivary function.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Xerostomia Questionnaire(XQ); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| salivary flow rate;QLQH&N35; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public Contactlili hou
Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine
Outcome results
None listed