Acupuncture for Hot Flashes in Patients With Hormone Receptor-positive Breast Cancer.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Study of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients With Hormone Receptor-positive Breast Cancer.

This study intends to further evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture by comparing the intervention effects of different acupuncture treatment regimens on hot flashes in breast cancer ; and to explore the central effect regulation mechanism of acupuncture intervention on hot flashes based on functional magnetic resonance imaging technology.

This topic combines the theory of "unblocking the governor and warming the yang" with the important findings of modern research, that is, the important mechanism of the spine in the pathogenesis of breast cancer, and innovatively proposes the technique of unblocking the governor and treating the spine. Prospective clinical intervention research in rehabilitation, objectively evaluate the clinical efficacy, advantages and disadvantages of this technology, so as to effectively break through the current application dilemma of acupuncture and bone-setting manipulation in tumor diseases.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 18-75 years old;
• Adjuvant hormone therapy (eg, tamoxifen and/or aromatase inhibitors) with or without ovarian function suppression has been administered for at least 4 weeks and is currently on treatment;
• Vasomotor syndrome for at least 6 weeks;
• Premenopausal or postmenopausal patients;
• Patients with persistent hot flashes for at least 4 weeks and with a frequency of more than 14 hot flashes per week (2 times per day) in the week before inclusion in the study, the weekly average hot flash composite score is 3-4;
• Patients after surgery and after chemotherapy (if any);
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score of 0-1 points.
• Sign the informed consent and voluntarily participate in this clinical observation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Tumor metastases, undergoing chemoradiotherapy or planning surgery;
• Pharmacological intervention for hot flashes with hot flash treatment drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and/or anticonvulsants for at least 4 weeks prior to study initiation;
• Unstable heart disease or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to study start;
• Started or changed adjuvant hormone therapy within the past week, or who planned to start or change adjuvant hormone therapy in the past 14 weeks;
• Seizures of unknown likelihood or history of seizures;
• Have used acupuncture for hot flashes within 6 months prior to the start of the study;
• Pregnant or breastfeeding patients;
• Apparent uncontrolled infection;
• Mental illness or family history; neurological disorder or family history.