{"classes":[{"categories":[{"measurements":[{"groupId":"OG000","lowerLimit":"95.8","upperLimit":"99.6","value":"97.7"},{"groupId":"OG001","lowerLimit":"100.0","upperLimit":"103.2","value":"101.6"},{"groupId":"OG002","lowerLimit":"98.4","upperLimit":"101.8","value":"100.1"}]}],"title":"Week 4"},{"categories":[{"measurements":[{"groupId":"OG000","lowerLimit":"97.4","upperLimit":"101.6","value":"99.5"},{"groupId":"OG001","lowerLimit":"99.1","upperLimit":"103.2","value":"101.1"},{"groupId":"OG002","lowerLimit":"98.2","upperLimit":"102.1","value":"100.1"}]}],"title":"Week 8"},{"categories":[{"measurements":[{"groupId":"OG000","lowerLimit":"95.5","upperLimit":"99.4","value":"97.4"},{"groupId":"OG001","lowerLimit":"100.3","upperLimit":"103.8","value":"102.1"},{"groupId":"OG002","lowerLimit":"96.6","upperLimit":"100.2","value":"98.4"}]}],"title":"Week 12"},{"categories":[{"measurements":[{"groupId":"OG000","lowerLimit":"96.2","upperLimit":"101.1","value":"98.7"},{"groupId":"OG001","lowerLimit":"98.2","upperLimit":"102.7","value":"100.5"},{"groupId":"OG002","lowerLimit":"97.8","upperLimit":"102.4","value":"100.1"}]}],"title":"Week 26"}],"denoms":[{"counts":[{"groupId":"OG000","value":"86"},{"groupId":"OG001","value":"86"},{"groupId":"OG002","value":"86"}],"units":"Participants"}],"description":"The FACT-G QOL instrument discriminates between individuals with metastatic and non-metastatic disease, as well as between patients at different stages of illness. The scale has good concurrent validity, high internal consistency (0.89), and good test-re-test reliability (0.82 to 0.88). The total score is reported, which is a combination of the subscales of physical, social/family, emotional, and functional well-being, with higher scores representing better QOL. Scale range 0-108","dispersionType":"95% Confidence Interval","groups":[{"description":"All patients will receive standard oral hygiene patient teaching information that includes instructions regarding mouth rinses, use of lip balms, use of mild fluoride toothpaste, the importance of adequate oral hydration, and other standard advice. Each participating site determines the standard oral hygiene recommendations used at their site.\n\nStandard Oral Hygiene: Oral hygiene care provided per individual institutions standard of care.","id":"OG000","title":"Standard Oral Hygiene"},{"description":"All patients will receive standard oral hygiene patient teaching information that includes instructions regarding mouth rinses, use of lip balms, use of mild fluoride toothpaste, the importance of adequate oral hydration, and other standard advice. Each participating site determines the standard oral hygiene recommendations used at their site.\n\nThe True acupuncture points will be at 3 sites on each ear, a site on the chin, on each forearm, a site on each hand, a site on each leg, and one placebo needle for a total of 14 sites. All sites will be applied for 20 minutes.\n\nStandard Oral Hygiene + True Acupuncture: Oral hygiene care provided per individual institutions standard of care.\n\n14 true acupoint sites will be selected and applied to each participant for 20 minutes at each session. There will be 2 sessions a week for 8 weeks.","id":"OG001","title":"Standard Oral Hygiene + True Acupuncture"},{"description":"All patients will receive standard oral hygiene patient teaching information that includes instructions regarding mouth rinses, use of lip balms, use of mild fluoride toothpaste, the importance of adequate oral hydration, and other standard advice. Each participating site determines the standard oral hygiene recommendations used at their site.\n\nThe Sham acupuncture points will be given according to the same schedule as the active acupuncture points, except the Sham needles will be placed below, above or between true active points.\n\nStandard Oral Hygiene + Sham Acupuncture: Oral hygiene care provided per individual institutions standard of care.\n\n14 sham acupoint sites will be selected and applied to each participant for 20 minutes at each session. There will be 2 sessions a week for 8 weeks.","id":"OG002","title":"Standard Oral Hygiene + Sham Acupuncture"}],"paramType":"LEAST_SQUARES_MEAN","populationDescription":"Intent to treat analysis. Considered and utilized all data available at each timepoint.","reportingStatus":"POSTED","timeFrame":"Baseline, 4 , 8 , 12, and 26 weeks","title":"Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-G) Total","type":"SECONDARY","unitOfMeasure":"score on a scale 0-108"}