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Lead
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Patients with prostate cancer who are / were treated with hormonal treatment and developed hot flashes as a side effect are offered Acupuncture as an investigational intervention. The treatment is performed twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for the following six weeks. Acupuncture was done according to specific guidelines and mapping.
Age
18–any
Sex
MALE
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Treatment for prostate cancer using hormonal ablation therapy
Average of three or more hot flashes a day
Performance Status (Karnofsky ≥ 60)
Patients must be ≥ 18 years of age
No other clinically significant disease
Signed study-specific consent form prior to study entry
You may not be if
Initiation of a new chemotherapy regimen, immunotherapy; or initiation/ cessation of hormonal therapy during the study or for 3 weeks before the start of the study
Pharmacological treatment of hot flashes or use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (unless the dose and patients' condition have been stable for 4 weeks)
Skin infections
Patients who had acupuncture treatment in the 6 weeks prior to entering the study, or acupuncture given specifically for the treatment of hot flashes in the previous 6 months.
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