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This is a randomized phase 2 study on the impact of acupuncture on acute dysphagia in patients treated with radio-chemotherapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma


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In order to attempt to reduce the impact of adverse effects produced by oncological treatments, cancer patients frequently turn to complementary integrative therapies. Among them, acupuncture has been characterized by a growing role in cancer-related symptoms management in last 10 years. After FDA approval for use as a medical device in 1996, the application of this technique in oncology has been on the rise in the Western countries. By modulating brain regions involved in cognition and emotion, some degree of successful symptom management with acupuncture has been demonstrated in oncology In the context of head and neck cancer, the first application of acupuncture was related to chronic shoulder pain and dysfunction following neck dissection. The primary objective of the study is to compare the effect of acupuncture and standard treatment on swallowing function assessed with MDADI scale (MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory) 2 weeks after the end of RT (end of treatment, EoT). ;


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NCT number NCT05143268
Study type Observational
Source Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Contact Lorenzo Livi, Professor
Phone 0557947192
Email lorenzo.livi@unifi.it
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date June 3, 2021
Completion date October 30, 2023

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