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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 6 March 2023
Main ID:  NCT02663063
Date of registration: 21/01/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Public title: CAM in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan
Scientific title: The Application of Evidence-Based Chinese Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Hospice Palliative Care in Taiwan-The Second and Third Year Project.
Date of first enrolment: December 2015
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02663063
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Shinn-Jang Hwang, MD
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Affiliation:  Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Cancer patients

- Competent with clear consciousness

- With symptoms of pain, breathlessness, nause/vomiting, dry mouth, generalized
discomfort

- Expected life span of at least 1 week

Exclusion Criteria:

- With implanted devices

- Not having clear consciousness

- Expected life span less than 1 week

- Foreigner



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cancer
Intervention(s)
Device: SSP treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
Symptom severity score [Time Frame: One week after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quality of life [Time Frame: One week after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
2015-10-005A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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