This study looks at the benefit of adding acupuncture to nutrition education for weight loss in women with early stage breast cancer post-chemotherapy.
Obesity and weight gain are significant concerns for breast cancer survivors. Given the adverse consequences of weight gain after diagnosis, continued efforts to identify appropriate weight management interventions aimed at promoting overall health and long term survivorship are needed. In this study, the investigators will examine whether adding acupuncture to a nutrition education program for weight loss could improve short and long term weight loss among breast cancer survivors post treatment with chemotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
53
12 educational weight management group session each addressing a different weight loss topic
12 weight loss acupuncture session using both body and auricular points.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
Weight Loss
Time frame: 24 weeks
Maintenance of weight loss
Time frame: 24 months
Recurrence of breast cancer
Time frame: 5 years
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