Vasomotor Symptom Alleviation Through Acupuncture in Patients With Prostate Cancer (VASA Pro)

University College Cork (UCC)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06472856

24017

Details and patient eligibility

About

A pilot study to assess the acceptability and efficacy of acupuncture in alleviating vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats) in Irish patients with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All participants must have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of prostate cancer and currently be treated with androgen deprivation therapy with or without additional prostate cancer therapies.
• Patients under the care of a Medical Oncologist in either Bons Secours Hospital or Cork University Hospital
• All participants must be experiencing moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms as defined by a score of 4 or more on the Hot Flash Index.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18.
• Patients with HFI scores below 4.
• Patients not currently being treated with androgen deprivation therapy.
• Patients with contraindications to acupuncture.
• Patients already receiving acupuncture for vasomotor symptoms.
• Patients unwilling to participate in the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Acupuncture

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Acupuncture