Effect of Acupuncture for Radioactive-Iodine Induced Anorexia in Thyroid Cancer Patients

Effect of Acupuncture for Radioactive-Iodine Induced Anorexia in Thyroid Cancer Patients : A Randomized Double Blinded Sham Controlled Pilot Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000949

Enrollment

Registered

2013-12-05

Start date

2013-08-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect and safety of acupuncture treatment for Radioactive-Iodine Induced Anorexia in Thyroid Cancer Patients. Participants are treated with

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Among the thyroid cancer patients suffering from the Radioactive-Iodine Induced Anorexia, people who got the therapy before 14 to 60 days, and complain of more than 4 points when we evaluate the grade of anorexia using Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) 2) People who are literate, 20-65 year old 3) People who volunteered to participate in this clinical study and signed the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) People who have impossible oral intake 2) People who are diagnosed and being treated with mental disease such as Dementia, Delirium, Depression, etc 3) People who complain of more than 7 points when we use Numeric Rating Scale, which can affect appetite or calorie intake, within 2 weeks of Clinical study screening 4) People who have diseases which can influence on appetite (such as hypoadrenalism, etc) 5) People who are receiving appetizers (such as megestrol acetate, corticosteroids, thalidomide) 6) Women who have the possibility of pregnancy 7) People who are beyond the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) 2 8) Others who are judged to be difficult to perform the clinical study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Anorexia Cachexia Subscale (ACS) score change among FAACT scale	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anorexia Cachexia Subscale (ACS) score change among FAACT scale ;other item score changes besides Anorexia Cachexia Subscale (ACS) among FAACT scale ;Anorexia VAS score change;Weight change;BMI change;ACTH, Cortisol numerical value change	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJu-hyun Jeon

Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University

judy-orient@hanmail.net+82-42-470-9140

Outcome results