An Acupuncture Study for Cancer Survivors With Joint Pain

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Cancer Survivor

Treatments

Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

24-305

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to see whether acupuncture is a practical (feasible) treatment for cancer survivors with joint pain.

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

English- or Spanish-speaking adults
Non white or Hispanic women with a prior cancer diagnosis
Stable oncological disease or no evidence oncological of disease per clinical documentation or clinician assessment
Worst pain rated ≥4 on a 0-10 scale in the preceding week
≥15 days with pain in the past 30 days
Pain lasting ≥1 month
Willing and able to complete questionnaires and other study activities
Willing and able to provide informed consent for the trial

Exclusion criteria

Completed active treatment (chemotherapy, surgery, radiation, transplantation) <4 weeks prior to study
Maintenance therapies are allowed
Pain attributed to inflammatory arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, gout)
Other non-musculoskeletal pain syndromes (eg, headache, visceral abdominal pain, neuropathic pain) can be present as comorbid conditions if the patient reports musculoskeletal pain as the primary source of pain
Procedures involving affected joints within the last month or planned in the next 14 weeks
Acupuncture use for pain in the past three months
Implanted electronic device (e.g., pacemaker)