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NCT07044414
Effectiveness of Manual Acupuncture for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation
NA trial testing Manual Acupuncture in Head and Neck Neoplasms in 34 participants. Completed in 12 December 2025.
12 December 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Indonesia University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | factorial |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 34 |
| Start date | 1 September 2025 |
| Primary completion | 12 December 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 12 December 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across Indonesia |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Manual Acupuncture
- Sham Manual Acupuncture
Conditions studied
- Head and Neck Neoplasms — all drugs for Head and Neck Neoplasms →
Sponsor
Indonesia University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Head and Neck Neoplasms. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether manual acupuncture (MA) is more effective than sham acupuncture in improving leukocyte count and reducing cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing chemoradiation therapy (CRT). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does MA, compared to sham acupuncture, increase leukocyte and absolute neutrophil count (ANC) during CRT? * Does MA, compared to sham acupuncture, reduce the severity of CRF as measured by the Visual Analogue Scale-Fatigue (VAS-F)? * Does MA, compared to sham acupuncture, improve quality of life as measured by the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire? Participants will: * Be adult patients with head and neck cancer who have completed induction chemotherapy and are undergoing CRT * Be screened based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, including normal INR and platelet count above 25,000/mm³ * Be randomly assigned to either the MA group or sham group using Park sham needle * Receive acupuncture at points ST36, SP6, CV4, and CV6 three times per week for seven sessions (total 21 sessions) * Be evaluated for leukocyte count, ANC, fatigue (VAS-F), and quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30) at baseline and at weekly intervals during therapy
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT07044414 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Indonesia University
- Last refreshed: 31 December 2025
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