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Keep this study
Lead
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
With
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups. Our hypothesis is that patients in the acupuncture/education group will experience greater relief of fatigue than those in the standard care group.
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patient is between 18 and 65 years of age
2. Patient has a rounded Brief Fatigue Inventory score of 4 or greater
3. Patient is in a stable clinical condition
You may not be if
1. Severe anemia (hemoglobin level less than 9 g/dL, hematocrit level less than 30, decline in hemoglobin of 2 g/dL in the previous month, or active treatment for anemia)
2. Karnofsky Performance Status below 70
3. Acupuncture treatment in the previous 6 months
4. Fatigue before cancer diagnosis
5. Patient is mentally incapacitated or unfit to provide informed consent or participate in an interview
6. Patient has the potential for serious bleeding due to inherited diseases such as hemophilia
7. Patient is taking medications that are either fatigue-inducing or have sedating properties
