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Lead
University of Washington
With
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo auricular acupressure in addition to their usual care on study. Patients also undergo collection of blood samples on study.
ARM II: Patients receive usual care on study. Patients also undergo collection of blood samples on study.
After completion of study treatment, patients in Arm II are followed up at 8 weeks after active treatment ends.
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
18-65 years of age
Stage II-IV gastric, esophageal, or pancreatic cancer
Appetite score on visual analog scale ≤ 70/100
At least 60 days of planned systemic treatment, whether already initiated or scheduled to be initiated
Access to phone and electronic device for study contacts and questionnaires
Willing and able to attend 4 in-person auricular acupressure treatments at the Fred Hutch South Lake Union Clinic
Willing and able to perform 4 at-home self-applied treatments of auricular acupressure
Participants must not have received acupressure or acupuncture for low appetite within last 30 days
Participants must not be actively using corticosteroids, mirtazapine (Remeron), olanzapine (Zyprexa), or Marinol for appetite stimulation at baseline
Participants must be able to intake food orally and not require sole or supplemental intravenous nutrition at baseline
Participants must not have a history of physiological eating disorders (e.g., anorexia nervosa) in the last 3 years
Participants must not have a current known or diagnosed immunodeficiency
Participants must have an intact auricular pinna
Able to understand and willing to sign written informed consent in English
