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Chemotherapy-Induced ChangeNCT04606121

The Benefit of Enhanced Day Care of Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Retrospective Study of Medical Records

An observational study of Chemotherapy-Induced Change, run by Taipei City Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

We collected medical records since June 2017 to November 2019., used pair-T test for questionnaire of CTCAE, BFT-I, WHOQOL to evaluate the benefit of enhanced day care of TCM for cancer patients. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chemotherapy-Induced Change
What is being tested?
enhanced day care of TCM include acupuncture, massage, tai ji quan, TCM herbal medicine
How many people
401 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
11 Jun 2020to 11 Jun 2020
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 20 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: cancer patients who needed to accept surgery, or chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, or other conventional cancer therapy

Who may be able to join

  • The medical records since June 2017 to December 2019 needed to meet the following criterial: (1)age>20 years old, (2)diagnosis meet ICD10:C00.0-C97 (3) needed to do Taiwan brief version of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version4.0(Taiwan brief version scale of CTCAE), scale of the Taiwanese Version of the Brief Fatigue Inventory(BFI-T) and scale of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF), and those scales needed to be done pretest when patient came to the clinics and posttest when case end.

Who cannot join

  • The subjects will be excluded if they do not complete pretest and posttest of the following scales:(1) Taiwan brief version scale of CTCAE, (2) BFI-T scale (3) WHOQOL-BREF scale

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • Taipei city hospital

    Taipei, 10845

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About this study

We collected medical records since June 2017 to November 2019., used pair-T test for questionnaire of CTCAE, BFT-I, WHOQOL to evaluate the benefit of enhanced day care of TCM for cancer patients.

Read the detailed description

using TCM method as Complementary and Alternative Medicine is worldwide. we collected medical records that using TCM methods for adverse event from cancer therapies. we used CTCAE BFI-T and WHOQOF-BREF to evaluate the benefit.

Being tested
enhanced day care of TCM include acupuncture, massage, tai ji quan, TCM herbal medicine

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • enhanced day care of TCM include acupuncture, massage, tai ji quan, TCM herbal medicineCombination product

    acupuncture twice in enhanced day care of TCM massage twice in enhanced day care of TCM tai ji quan one time in enhanced day care of TCM TCM herbal powder three times a day

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. scale of Taiwan brief version of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version4.0(Taiwan brief version scale of CTCAE)

    for chemotherapy related adverse effects in Taiwan

    Measured: 2020

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. scale of the Taiwanese Version of the Brief Fatigue Inventory(BFI-T)

    evaluate the level of fatique

    Measured: 2020

  2. scale of the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF)

    evaluate QOL

    Measured: 2020

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Oct 2020
  2. Study start11 Jun 2020
  3. Primary completion11 Jun 2020
  4. Study completion11 Jun 2020

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
401 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04606121
Sponsor's protocol ID
TCHIRB-10905008-E
Status last verified
Jul 2020
First submitted
23 Oct 2020
Last updated
28 Oct 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Wu HA, Chen CH, Hsieh MH, Wu YC, Chiu JP, Huang CJ, Hsu CH. The Benefit of Enhanced Daycare of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer Treatment Related Adverse Events: A Retrospective Study of Medical Records. Integr Cancer Ther. 2021 Jan-Dec;20:15347354211025634. doi: 10.1177/15347354211025634.

    PubMed 34142595

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Chemotherapy-Induced Change, run by Taipei City Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

scale of Taiwan brief version of Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version4.0(Taiwan brief version scale of CTCAE) (time frame: 2020). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04606121, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Oct 2020.

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