Effect of acupuncture compared with placebo-acupuncture at P6 as additional antiemetic prophylaxis in high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: a randomized controlled single-blind trial.
Effect of acupuncture compared with placebo-acupuncture at P6 as additional antiemetic prophylaxis in high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: a randomized controlled single-blind trial.
复制标题
针刺与安慰剂针刺在 P6 时作为大剂量化疗和自体外周血干细胞移植中额外止吐预防的效果相比:一项随机对照单盲试验。
作者:
K. Streitberger;M. Friedrich;H. Bardenheuer;K. Unnebrink;J. Windeler;H. Goldschmidt;G. Egerer
PURPOSE
The purpose is to investigate an additional antiemetic effect to ondansetron with needle acupuncture at P6 compared with nonskin-penetrating placebo acupuncture in patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Eighty patients who were admitted to hospital for high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation were included into a randomized placebo-controlled single-blind trial. The patients were randomized to receive acupuncture (n = 41) or noninvasive placebo acupuncture (n = 39) at the acupuncture point P6 30 min before first application of high-dose chemotherapy and the day after. All patients received 8 mg ondansetron/day i.v. as basic antiemetic prophylaxis. The main outcome measure was the rate of patients who either had at least one episode of vomiting or required any additional antiemetic drugs on the first 2 days of chemotherapy.
RESULTS
The main outcome measure showed no significant difference (P = 0.82): 61% failure in the acupuncture group and 64% in the placebo acupuncture group (95% confidence interval of 3% difference: -18.1 and 24.3%). Comparing nausea, episodes of vomiting or retching and number of additionally required antiemetic drugs did not provide any discrepancy with the main result.
CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that in combination with ondansetron i.v., invasive needle acupuncture at P6 compared with nonskin-penetrating placebo acupuncture has no additional effect for the prevention of acute nausea and vomiting in high-dose chemotherapy.
DOI:
10.1038/sj.bmt.1703795
发表时间:
2003
期刊:
Bone marrow transplantation.
影响因子:
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作者:
Schulman,KA;Stadtmauer,EA;Reed,SD;Glick,HA;Goldstein,LJ;Pines,JM;Jackman,JA;Suzuki,S;Styler,MJ;Crilley,PA;Klumpp,TR;Mangan,KF;Glick,JH
通讯作者:
Glick,JH