This study is being done to explore whether acupuncture can improve cognitive difficulties in patients diagnosed with cancer.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
48
10 treatments of acupuncture over the course of 10 weeks with a +/- 7 day window
10 treatments of sham acupuncture over the course of 10 weeks with a +/- 7 day window. After the 16-week study concludes patients in this group will have the option of receiving up to 10 sessions of real acupuncture; however, these sessions must be completed within 6 months of study conclusion.
Optional real acupuncture after 16 weeks waiting period. This arm is Closed to accrual.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth
Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Commack
Commack, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, United States
Cognitive difficulties as measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Cognitive Function (FACT-Cog)
The perceived cognitive difficulties subscale score of the Functional Assessment of Cancer / FACT-Cog will be the primary outcome for the study.
Time frame: 16 weeks
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