Clinical trial NCT05139199: Effectiveness of Auricular Point Acupressure in Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
Official title: Effectiveness of Auricular Point Acupressure in Improving Fatigue, Sleep Quality, Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Under Chemotherapy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer
Keywords: Chemotherapy
Fatigue
Sleep Quality
Physical Activity
Quality of Life
Lead sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2021-12-01
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan.

Hypothesis:

1. The fatigue in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
2. The sleep quality in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
3. The physical activity in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.
4. The quality of life in auricular point acupressure group is significant improving than usual-care group at 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th week.

Detailed description: This study will investigate the effectiveness of auricular point acupressure in improving fatigue,sleep quality,physical activity and quality of life in patients with pancreatic cancer under chemotherapy in taiwan.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Paitent who aged over 20, with clear consciousness, is capable of communicating with Chinese, and is able to perform ear acupoints by himself/herself.
2. Pancreatic Cancer patients who received chemotherapy in inpatient and outpatient department.
3. The subject who agrees and is willing to participate in the research after explaining the purpose of the research.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient who is younger than 20 years old, illiterate, or is unable to cooperate with intervention measures.
2. Patient who is not suitable for ear acupoint pressing after evaluated by the attending physician.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
timeFrame: 1st week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
timeFrame: 2nd week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
timeFrame: 3rd week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30 )
timeFrame: 4th week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
timeFrame: 1st week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
timeFrame: 2nd week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
timeFrame: 3rd week after recruited
measure: Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-PAN26 )
timeFrame: 4th week after recruited
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)
timeFrame: 1st week after recruited
measure: Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)
timeFrame: 2nd week after recruited
measure: Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)
timeFrame: 3rd week after recruited
measure: Fatigue(Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan , BFI-T)
timeFrame: 4th week after recruited
measure: Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )
timeFrame: 1st week after recruited
measure: Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )
timeFrame: 2nd week after recruited
measure: Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )
timeFrame: 3rd week after recruited
measure: Sleep quality(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index )
timeFrame: 4th week after recruited
measure: Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)
timeFrame: 1st week after recruited
measure: Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)
timeFrame: 2nd week after recruited
measure: Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)
timeFrame: 3rd week after recruited
measure: Physical Activity(3-d Physical Record;Three-day activity record)
timeFrame: 4th week after recruited
measure: Physical Activity(Exercise Counseling and Programming Preferences)
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei county
country: Taiwan
facility: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
name: Hui-Mei Chen, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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