Observation on acupoint electric stimulation combined with tropisetron in preventing and treating nausea and vomiting and improving the patient's appetite after TACE for primary or metastatic liver cancer patients.
* Classification of nausea and vomiting, as measured by NCI CTC-AE version 3 * The improvement of appetite, as measure by the classification of Appetite in accordance with NCI CTC-AE version 3. * Quality of life: use M. D. Anderson symptom scale (the m. d. Anderson Symptom Inventory,MDASI)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
74
acupoint electric stimulation combined with tropisetron 6mg before TACE
only tropisetron 6mg before TACE
Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGClassification of nausea and vomiting
Time frame: 12 month
The improvement of appetite
Time frame: 12 month
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