Acupuncture Treatment for Hot Flashes Study

N/ACompletedNCT00421902

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

Patients with prostate cancer who are / were treated with hormonal treatment and developed hot flashes as a side effect are offered Acupuncture as an investigational intervention. The treatment is performed twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for the following six weeks

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Prostate Cancer

Interventions

AcupuncturePROCEDURE

Patients will be have acupuncture (with electro stimulation)

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Treatment for prostate cancer using hormonal ablation therapy * Average of three or more hot flashes a day * Performance Status (Karnofsky ≥ 60) * Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age * No other clinically significant disease * Signed study-specific consent form prior to study entry Exclusion Criteria: * Initiation of a new chemotherapy regimen, immunotherapy; or initiation/ cessation of hormonal therapy during the study or for 3 weeks before the start of the study * Pharmacological treatment of hot flashes or use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (unless the dose and patients' condition have been stable for 4 weeks) * Skin infections * Patients who had acupuncture treatment in the 6 weeks prior to entering the study, or acupuncture given specifically for the treatment of hot flashes in the previous 6 months.

Locations (1)

NYP- Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Relief from the hot flashes as determined by the hot flashes scoring system.

A Questionnaire was given to the patients to determine the relief of hot flashes

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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