NCT04505553 · OUTCOME

Proportion of Patients Assigned to the Intervention Arm Who Complete 60% of Acupuncture Treatments

Oral Cryotherapy Plus Acupressure and Acupuncture Versus Oral Cryotherapy for Decreasing Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy From Oxaliplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer · Source last updated 2026-01-21

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure: COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS
Unit: Participants
Interval / dispersion: Not reported
Time frame: 3 months

What was measured

Adherence to acupuncture treatment among patients in the intervention arm will be described as a proportion with 95% confidence interval. Reasons for treatment non-adherence and delivered dose intensity of chemotherapy will be noted.

Analysis population: Summary of Patient Adherence to Acupuncture Protocol Based on 60% Threshold

Groups in this outcome

Arm I (Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cryotherapy)

Patients undergo acupuncture during chemotherapy infusion on day 1 and fluorouracil pump disconnect on day 3 of each biweekly chemotherapy infusion over 12 weeks. Patients also undergo self-administered acupressure over 11 minutes daily for 12 weeks and undergo standard of care oral cryotherapy. Acupuncture Therapy: Undergo acupuncture Acupressure Therapy: Undergo acupressure Oral Cryotherapy: Undergo oral cryotherapy Questionnaire Administration: Ancillary studies Quality-of-Life Assessment: Ancillary studies

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

Group	Source count
Arm I (Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cryotherapy)	33

Reported measurements

Source class 1

Adherent

Values in Participants · Interval/dispersion: Not reported
Group	Value	Spread	Lower	Upper	Comment
Arm I (Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cryotherapy)	23	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Nonadherent

Values in Participants · Interval/dispersion: Not reported
Group	Value	Spread	Lower	Upper	Comment
Arm I (Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cryotherapy)	10	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Complete source fields

classes

categories
measurements
group Id
OG000
value
23
title
Adherent
measurements
group Id
OG000
value
10
title
Nonadherent

denoms

counts
group Id
OG000
value
33
units
Participants

description

groups

description
Patients undergo acupuncture during chemotherapy infusion on day 1 and fluorouracil pump disconnect on day 3 of each biweekly chemotherapy infusion over 12 weeks. Patients also undergo self-administered acupressure over 11 minutes daily for 12 weeks and undergo standard of care oral cryotherapy. Acupuncture Therapy: Undergo acupuncture Acupressure Therapy: Undergo acupressure Oral Cryotherapy: Undergo oral cryotherapy Questionnaire Administration: Ancillary studies Quality-of-Life Assessment: Ancillary studies
id
OG000
title
Arm I (Acupuncture, Acupressure, Cryotherapy)

param Type

COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS

population Description

Summary of Patient Adherence to Acupuncture Protocol Based on 60% Threshold

reporting Status

POSTED

time Frame

3 months

title

Proportion of Patients Assigned to the Intervention Arm Who Complete 60% of Acupuncture Treatments

type

SECONDARY

unit Of Measure

Participants

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