Effectiveness of Acupuncture Treatment on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Pilot, Randomized, Assessor-Blinded, Controlled Trial

作者：Somayeh Iravani, Amir Hooman Kazemi Motlagh, Seyede Zahra Emami Razavi, Farhad Shahi, Jing Wang, Li Hou, Wenjun Sun, Mohammad Reza Afshari Fard, Mahdi Aghili, Mehrdad Karimi, Hossein Rezaeizadeh, Baixiao Zhao · 发表于：Pain Research and Management · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1155/2020/2504674 · 被引用次数：57 · 研究领域：Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology、Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies、Oral health in cancer treatment

Objective . This pilot study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Methods . This study was a pilot randomized controlled trial, which was conducted with cooperation between Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM), China, and Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS), Iran. Forty participants with CIPN were randomly assigned (1 : 1) to receive twelve sessions of acupuncture (20 minutes each session over 4 weeks) or take one 300 mg tablet of vitamin B1 and three 300 mg capsules of gabapentin per day for 4 weeks, after which both groups were followed up for 4 weeks. The primary endpoint was CIPN symptom severity measured by the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). The secondary endpoints included sensory neuropathy grade evaluated by the National Cancer Institute-Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE), neurophysiological assessment of CIPN by the nerve conduction study (NCS), and the patient overall satisfaction with treatment. Safety was assessed at each visit. Results . The NRS and NCI-CTCAE sensory neuropathy grading scales decreased significantly over time in both groups (both P < 0.001 ), with a significantly higher reduction in the acupuncture group ( P < 0.001 and P = 0.03 , respectively). In addition, the acupuncture group showed a higher overall satisfaction with the treatment at the end of treatment and after 4 weeks follow-up, in compar...