Clinical trial NCT02663063: CAM in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan
Official title: The Application of Evidence-Based Chinese Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan-The Second and Third Year Project.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cancer
Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine
Hospice Palliative Care
Lead sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2016-01-26
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 90
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study aims to explore the effects of silver spike point (SSP) treatment on common symptoms including pain, breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, dry mouth etc. of terminal cancer patients.

Detailed description: The study aims to explore the effects of silver spike point treatment on common symptoms including pain, breathlessness, nausea/vomiting, dry mouth etc. of terminal cancer patients. We will conducted a pilot study to evaluate the effects on different symptoms and then a prospective study will be conducted after validation of major effects.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Cancer patients
* Competent with clear consciousness
* With symptoms of pain, breathlessness, nause/vomiting, dry mouth, generalized discomfort
* Expected life span of at least 1 week

Exclusion Criteria:

* With implanted devices
* Not having clear consciousness
* Expected life span less than 1 week
* Foreigner

Primary outcomes:
measure: Symptom severity score
timeFrame: One week after treatment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: One week after treatment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
name: Shinn-Jang Hwang, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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