Electroacupuncture for the management of symptom clusters in cancer patients and survivors (EAST).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neuropsychiatric symptoms, comprising cognitive impairment, fatigue, insomnia, depression, and anxiety, are prevalent and may co-occur during and after chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Electroacupuncture (EA), which involves mild electrical stimulation with acupuncture, holds great potential in addressing the management of individual symptoms. However, there is a lack of studies evaluating if EA can manage concurrent neuropsychiatric symptoms in cancer (i.e., symptom cluster). Hence, we designed a trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of administering EA as an intervention to mitigate neuropsychiatric symptom clusters amongst cancer patients and survivors.

Methods

The EAST study is a randomized, sham-controlled, patient- and assessor-blinded cl

SUBMITTER: Xie L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041509 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature