FatiguePhase 2NCT01572168
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cancer Related Fatigue
A Phase 2 study testing Acupuncture in people with Fatigue, run by Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Cancer-related fatigue occurs in both adult and pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation. Recently, methods to measure fatigue have improved - however, no non-medication interventions have been studied. Ameliorating fatigue may result in an improved quality of life for patients. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 8 to 21 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Fatigue
- What is being tested?
- Acupuncture
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 7 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Sep 2011to Dec 2015
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 8 to 21 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients who are ≥ 8 year of age and ≤ 21 years of age who are undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy for the treatment of any primary or recurrent central nervous system tumor (regardless of diagnosis or disease stage, whether it is malignant or benign, and in any location) at Children's Memorial Hospital.
- Patients who recently completed therapy (within 60 days of enrollment) will also be eligible. Patients must have a minimum baseline fatigue score of 15 on the pedsFACIT-F scale (Range 0-44). This is not a standard assessment for required clinical care and will only be administered by a research assistant to any patient after consent has been obtained. The assessment will be done during a routine clinic visit.
- For patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy with a history of myelosuppression or radiation, a hemoglobin concentration of >8 g/dL measured within 10 days of enrollment and a platelet count of > 30,000 within 5 days of enrollment is required.
- Patients must also be able to read and understand English and read a computer screen.
- Patients with no known contraindications to acupuncture therapy.
- Patients who are able to attend all scheduled visits for acupuncture.
- Patients must have a Karnofsky Performance Score of ≥ 50% or a Lansky Performance Score of ≥ 50.
- Patients who have provided informed consent for the research study (parental consent for patients < 18 years of age). Patients between 12 years and 18 years of age must provide assent in additional to parental consents.
Who cannot join
- Patients with evidence of any cognitive dysfunction that would limit their abilities to report fatigue.
- Patients who have received acupuncture in the previous six weeks.
- Patients with a life expectancy < 3 months.
- Patients who are pregnant or lactating.
- Patients with a past history of therapy or scheduled visits non-compliance, as determined by their treating physician.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
About this study
Official title: A Phase II Study of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cancer Related Fatigue in Children and Adolescents With Central Nervous System Tumors
Cancer-related fatigue occurs in both adult and pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation. Recently, methods to measure fatigue have improved - however, no non-medication interventions have been studied. Ameliorating fatigue may result in an improved quality of life for patients. Acupuncture is a safe and well-tolerated procedure and has been used for many indications in pediatric patients. Adult studies have suggested improvement in cancer-related fatigue after acupuncture in adults. In this trial, we propose using acupuncture for the treatment in cancer-related fatigue in children and adolescents with central nervous system tumors.
- Conditions
- Fatigue
- Being tested
- Acupuncture
- Keywords
- Fatigue
- Medical subject headings
- Fatigue
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
AcupunctureOther
Eight session of weekly acupuncture
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Experimental | Eight sessions of weekly acupuncture Receives: Other: Acupuncture |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
cancer-related fatigue
Measured: Participants will be on-study for up to 14 weeks. . No follow-up will be required after the completion of the study.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Apr 2012 (estimated)
- Study startSep 2011
- Primary completionDec 2015
- Study completionDec 2015
Why it stopped: slow accrual
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (7)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for FatigueStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 7 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Rishi Lulla, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
- Investigators
- Rishi Lilla, MD, Principal investigator, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01572168
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2011-14423
- Status last verified
- Feb 2016
- First submitted
- 24 Feb 2012
- Last updated
- 5 Feb 2016
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Cella D, Davis K, Breitbart W, Curt G; Fatigue Coalition. Cancer-related fatigue: prevalence of proposed diagnostic criteria in a United States sample of cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jul 15;19(14):3385-91. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.14.3385.
PubMed 11454886Lai JS, Cella D, Kupst MJ, Holm S, Kelly ME, Bode RK, Goldman S. Measuring fatigue for children with cancer: development and validation of the pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (pedsFACIT-F). J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Jul;29(7):471-9. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318095057a.
PubMed 17609625Libonate J, Evans S, Tsao JC. Efficacy of acupuncture for health conditions in children: a review. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Jul 13;8:670-82. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.86.
PubMed 18661055Jindal V, Ge A, Mansky PJ. Safety and efficacy of acupuncture in children: a review of the evidence. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Jun;30(6):431-42. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318165b2cc.
PubMed 18525459Molassiotis A, Sylt P, Diggins H. The management of cancer-related fatigue after chemotherapy with acupuncture and acupressure: a randomised controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2007 Dec;15(4):228-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2006.09.009. Epub 2006 Nov 13.
PubMed 18054724Balk J, Day R, Rosenzweig M, Beriwal S. Pilot, randomized, modified, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue. J Soc Integr Oncol. 2009 Winter;7(1):4-11.
PubMed 19476729Matecki, A.a.I., David, Acupunture for the Treatment of Chronic Post-Chemotherapy Fatigue. ClinicalTrials.gov, 2008: p. NCT00658034.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Feb 2016. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase II Study of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Cancer Related Fatigue in Children and Adolescents With Central Nervous System Tumors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01572168
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2011-14423
- Conditions
- Fatigue
- Keywords
- Fatigue
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: slow accrual
- Enrolment
- 7 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Sep 2011
- Primary completion
- Dec 2015 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2015 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Apr 2012 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Cancer-related fatigue occurs in both adult and pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation. Recently, methods to measure fatigue have improved - however, no non-medication interventions have been studied. Ameliorating fatigue may result in an improved quality of life for patients. Acupuncture is a safe and well-tolerated procedure and has been used for many indications in pediatric patients. Adult studies have suggested improvement in cancer-related fatigue after acupuncture in adults. In this trial, we propose using acupuncture for the treatment in cancer-related fatigue in children and adolescents with central nervous system tumors.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Experimental | Other: AcupunctureEight sessions of weekly acupuncture |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 8 to 21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Patients who are ≥ 8 year of age and ≤ 21 years of age who are undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy for the treatment of any primary or recurrent central nervous system tumor (regardless of diagnosis or disease stage, whether it is malignant or benign, and in any location) at Children's Memorial Hospital.
- Patients who recently completed therapy (within 60 days of enrollment) will also be eligible. Patients must have a minimum baseline fatigue score of 15 on the pedsFACIT-F scale (Range 0-44). This is not a standard assessment for required clinical care and will only be administered by a research assistant to any patient after consent has been obtained. The assessment will be done during a routine clinic visit.
- For patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy with a history of myelosuppression or radiation, a hemoglobin concentration of >8 g/dL measured within 10 days of enrollment and a platelet count of > 30,000 within 5 days of enrollment is required.
- Patients must also be able to read and understand English and read a computer screen.
- Patients with no known contraindications to acupuncture therapy.
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Patients with evidence of any cognitive dysfunction that would limit their abilities to report fatigue.
- Patients who have received acupuncture in the previous six weeks.
- Patients with a life expectancy < 3 months.
- Patients who are pregnant or lactating.
- Patients with a past history of therapy or scheduled visits non-compliance, as determined by their treating physician.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| AcupunctureEight session of weekly acupuncture | Other | Acupuncture |
Primary outcome
cancer-related fatigue
Time frame: Participants will be on-study for up to 14 weeks. . No follow-up will be required after the completion of the study.
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: slow accrual). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Feb 2016.
- Background: PubMed 11454886Cella D, Davis K, Breitbart W, Curt G; Fatigue Coalition. Cancer-related fatigue: prevalence of proposed diagnostic criteria in a United States sample of cancer survivors. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jul 15;19(14):3385-91. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.14.3385.
- Background: PubMed 17609625Lai JS, Cella D, Kupst MJ, Holm S, Kelly ME, Bode RK, Goldman S. Measuring fatigue for children with cancer: development and validation of the pediatric Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (pedsFACIT-F). J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Jul;29(7):471-9. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318095057a.
- Background: PubMed 18661055Libonate J, Evans S, Tsao JC. Efficacy of acupuncture for health conditions in children: a review. ScientificWorldJournal. 2008 Jul 13;8:670-82. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2008.86.
- Background: PubMed 18525459Jindal V, Ge A, Mansky PJ. Safety and efficacy of acupuncture in children: a review of the evidence. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Jun;30(6):431-42. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318165b2cc.
- Background: PubMed 18054724Molassiotis A, Sylt P, Diggins H. The management of cancer-related fatigue after chemotherapy with acupuncture and acupressure: a randomised controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2007 Dec;15(4):228-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2006.09.009. Epub 2006 Nov 13.
- Background: PubMed 19476729Balk J, Day R, Rosenzweig M, Beriwal S. Pilot, randomized, modified, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue. J Soc Integr Oncol. 2009 Winter;7(1):4-11.
- BackgroundMatecki, A.a.I., David, Acupunture for the Treatment of Chronic Post-Chemotherapy Fatigue. ClinicalTrials.gov, 2008: p. NCT00658034.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Rishi Lilla, MD principal investigator
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Acupuncture in people with Fatigue, run by Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Feb 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study was stopped early (reason given: slow accrual). Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
cancer-related fatigue (time frame: Participants will be on-study for up to 14 weeks. . No follow-up will be required after the completion of the study.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01572168, which also lists 7 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Feb 2016.