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Keep this study
Lead
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
With
The Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine Institute of South Korea
This study randomly assigns patients with breast cancer who are starting a chemotherapy program that includes a Taxane to one of two groups:
* The Acupuncture Group will receive acupuncture treatments for 12 weeks during chemotherapy treatment.
* The Relaxation Exercise Group will receive a program of weekly videos accompanied by a relaxation exercise. Both programs will last 12 weeks.
Participants will be asked to complete questionnaire 12 weeks after the completion of the acupuncture or relaxation exercise program, so participants be on this research study for up to 24 weeks (6 months).
It is expected that about 80 people will take part in this research study.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
History of histologically proven stage I-III breast cancer, without evidence of distant metastasis
Scheduled to receive adjuvant or neoadjuvant taxane-based chemotherapy (with or without HER-2 directed therapy or with or without immunotherapy). Patient must enroll before the second infusion of a taxane.
Age ≥ 18 years
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
Signed informed consent
You may not be if
Previous receipt of CIPN-inducing chemotherapy agents (1 prior dose of a taxane is allowed).
Unstable cardiac disease or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study entry
Wearing a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Uncontrolled seizure disorder
History of pre-existing peripheral neuropathy
Use of acupuncture within the 3 months prior to study enrollment
Self-report of any CIPN symptoms via staff-administered PRO-CTCAE CIPN, defined as either:
* Report of "mild", "moderate", "severe", "very severe" on the Severity Item on PRO-CTCAE CIPN assessment
* Report of "a little bit", "somewhat", "quite a bit", "very much" on the Interfere Item on PRO-CTCAE CIPN assessment
