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Electroacupuncture in Treating Delayed Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy For Newly Diagnosed Childhood Sarcoma, Neuroblastoma, Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Germ Cell Tumors, or Hodgkin Lymphoma

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified November 2010 by National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Children's Oncology Group
Information provided by:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00040911
First received: July 8, 2002
Last updated: December 31, 2010
Last verified: November 2010
  Purpose

RATIONALE: Electroacupuncture may help to reduce or prevent delayed nausea and vomiting in patients treated with chemotherapy.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying the effectiveness of electroacupuncture in treating delayed nausea and vomiting in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for newly diagnosed childhood sarcoma, neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, germ cell tumors, or Hodgkin lymphoma.


Condition Intervention
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Childhood Germ Cell Tumor
Extragonadal Germ Cell Tumor
Head and Neck Cancer
Lymphoma
Nausea and Vomiting
Neuroblastoma
Ovarian Cancer
Sarcoma
Procedure: electroacupuncture therapy
Procedure: management of therapy complications
Procedure: nausea and vomiting therapy

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Official Title: A Randomized Study Of Electroacupuncture Treatment For Delayed Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea And Vomiting In Patients With Pediatric Solid Tumors

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Further study details as provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Delayed nausea by Marrow Assessment of Nausea and Emesis at 1, 3, and 6 weeks after study completion

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Quality of life by QLQ C-30 at 1, 3, and 6 weeks after study completion
  • Pain by Brief Pain Inventory at 1, 3, and 6 weeks after study completion

Estimated Enrollment: 65
Study Start Date: April 2002
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the efficacy of electroacupuncture, in terms of reducing acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea, in patients with newly diagnosed pediatric sarcoma, neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or germ cell tumors.

Secondary

  • Determine the efficacy of this therapy, in terms of reducing delayed chemotherapy-induced emesis, in these patients.
  • Determine the efficacy of this therapy, in terms of altering salivary cortisol levels and fasting serum glucose and insulin levels as stress parameters, in these patients.
  • Determine the efficacy of this therapy, in terms of improving the quality of life, in these patients.
  • Determine the efficacy of this therapy, in terms of reducing acute nausea and emesis, in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind study. Patients are stratified according to planned treatment with cisplatin-based chemotherapy (yes vs no) and gender. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

  • Arm I: Patients undergo electroacupuncture to specific acupuncture points on the arms and legs over 25 minutes twice daily on days 1 and 2 and then once daily on days 3-7 during week 1 of chemotherapy course 1 (9 acupuncture treatments total).
  • Arm II: Patients undergo electroacupuncture to sham points on the arms and legs as in arm I.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, on days 1 and 8 of each treatment course, and then after completion of the study.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 65 patients (approximately 32 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 2.5-3 years.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   5 Years to 35 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Newly diagnosed malignancy of 1 of the following types:

    • Pediatric sarcoma
    • Neuroblastoma
    • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
    • Germ cell tumor
    • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Meets 1 of the following criteria:

    • Eligible for Children's Oncology Group (COG) protocol for sarcoma, neuroblastoma, or germ cell tumor
    • Eligible for NCI Pediatric Oncology Branch (POB) protocol for sarcoma
    • Following COG-approved standard treatment regimen for sarcoma, neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or germ cell tumor
    • Enrolled on the POB natural history protocol 98-C-0037
  • Planned treatment, according to COG or POB protocols, that includes a cisplatin- and/or doxorubicin-containing regimen for sarcoma, neuroblastoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, germ cell tumor, or Hodgkin lymphoma OR either a cyclophosphamide/ifosfamide-doxorubicin-containing or cyclophosphamide/dactinomycin-containing regimen for rhabdomyosarcoma
  • No clinical or radiographic signs of spinal cord compression

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 5 to 35

Performance status:

  • Not specified

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count greater than 50,000/mm^3 (transfusion independent)
  • No clotting disorders, including hemophilia

Hepatic:

  • PT and PTT normal (within 10% of institution's upper limit of normal)

Renal:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • Not pregnant
  • No casting of 1 or more extremities
  • No other condition that would preclude access to acupuncture points
  • No cognitive impairment

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No prior systemic chemotherapy

Endocrine therapy:

  • More than 4 weeks since prior glucocorticoid therapy
  • No concurrent glucocorticoid therapy

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No prior acupuncture
  • No concurrent anticoagulants
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00040911

Locations
United States, Maryland
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office Recruiting
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182
Contact: Clinical Trials Office - Warren Grant Magnusen Clinical Center     888-NCI-1937        
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Oncology Group
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Patrick J. Mansky, MD National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Study Chair: Kara Kelly, MD Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
  More Information

Additional Information:
No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00040911     History of Changes
Obsolete Identifiers: NCT00034411, NCT00034996
Other Study ID Numbers: CDR0000069419, NCCAM-02-AT-0172, NCI-02-AT-0172, COG-ACCL04C2
Study First Received: July 8, 2002
Last Updated: December 31, 2010
Health Authority: Unspecified

Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
localized Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
metastatic Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
childhood extragonadal germ cell tumor
childhood malignant testicular germ cell tumor
childhood malignant ovarian germ cell tumor
childhood central nervous system germ cell tumor
nausea and vomiting
localized osteosarcoma
metastatic osteosarcoma
nonmetastatic childhood soft tissue sarcoma
metastatic childhood soft tissue sarcoma
previously untreated childhood rhabdomyosarcoma
childhood teratoma
localized resectable neuroblastoma
localized unresectable neuroblastoma
disseminated neuroblastoma
regional neuroblastoma
stage 4S neuroblastoma
stage I lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage I squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage II lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage III lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage IV lymphoepithelioma of the nasopharynx
stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the nasopharynx
stage I adult Hodgkin lymphoma
stage I childhood Hodgkin lymphoma
stage II adult Hodgkin lymphoma
stage II childhood Hodgkin lymphoma

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Nervous System Neoplasms
Ovarian Neoplasms
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Pharyngeal Neoplasms
Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Hodgkin Disease
Lymphoma
Nausea
Vomiting
Neuroblastoma
Sarcoma
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders

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