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Complementary medicine is recognized for its ability to enhance appetite, increase energy, reduce anxiety, decrease pain, and improve sleep, among many other benefits. Acupuncture is among the most frequent types of complementary medicine practiced in the US, and Medicare currently includes back pain as a reimbursable indication for this therapy. Acupuncture-related therapies may enhance efforts at prehabilitation in candidates for major lung resection.
The plan is to use a small number of points for auricular acupressure that are selected to improve overall health, both physical and mental. Auricular acupuncture for management of pain using 5 points, informally referred to as "battlefield acupuncture" has demonstrated significant improvement in acute and chronic pain management. Auricular acupressure using a similarly small number of points has demonstrated improvement in chemotherapy-related disturbed sleep, fatigue, and appetite, postpartum depression and fatigue, and chemotherapy related fatigue and depression. It appears that auricular acupressure may be suitable for enhancing prehabilitation interventions for preoperative patients.
Patients will be selected from among individuals being considered for major lung surgery (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy, bilobectomy, or pneumonectomy; open or minimally invasive) who are expected to pursue a period of prehabilitation of 2 or more weeks prior to surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Experimental Group | Experimental | A random number card will be drawn in sequence from a box. Even numbered cards will assign the patient to the experimental group, odd numbered cards will assign the patient to the control group. o Intervention group seed points:
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| Control Group | Sham Comparator | A random number card will be drawn in sequence from a box. Even numbered cards will assign the patient to the experimental group, odd numbered cards will assign the patient to the control group. o Control group sham seed points:
For the sham intervention (Sham Type II, same intervention with seeding and intermittent pressing) the seeds are placed at nonacupressure points for the control group. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Auricular Acupressure | Other | Seeds will be placed during the clinic visit by the acupuncturist or the research associate according to the group the patient was assigned to. The care partner will observe the placement. A photograph of the seed placement will be taken and given to the care partner and to the patient after the relevant points are labeled by number or letter. The method of pressing is demonstrated for 1 one of the seeds, the care partner practices pressing on 2 other seeds, and the patient practices pressing on the remaining 2 seeds. Pressing consists of applying pressure, gradually increasing the pressure until the patient expresses discomfort, and maintaining that pressure until 2 minutes have passed. After pressing has been performed for each seed, the seeds are removed in clinic prior to clinic discharge. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of patients enrolled | The patient will complete a form after each seed pressing confirming the pressing and the time. | 2 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Ease of participation in the study. | The patient will complete a form after each seed pressing confirming the pressing and the time. | End of Study (Week 4) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Accuracy of seed placement by a non-professional care partner. | The care partner will place the seeds and then send a photo to the research team for correct seed placement verification or correction on a weekly basis. Accuracy of seed placement will be assessed by determining the number of corrections required to achieve seed placement each week. | Weekly until Week 4 |
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD | Contact | 7737022500 | mlmadariaga@bsd.uchicago.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Maria Lucia Madariaga, MD | University of Chicago | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Chicago | Recruiting | Chicago | Illinois | 60637 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 24138333 | Result | Zhang CS, Yang AW, Zhang AL, May BH, Xue CC. Sham control methods used in ear-acupuncture/ear-acupressure randomized controlled trials: a systematic review. J Altern Complement Med. 2014 Mar;20(3):147-61. doi: 10.1089/acm.2013.0238. Epub 2013 Oct 19. | |
| 24052607 | Result | Ferguson MK, Watson S, Johnson E, Vigneswaran WT. Predicted postoperative lung function is associated with all-cause long-term mortality after major lung resection for cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Apr;45(4):660-4. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt462. Epub 2013 Sep 19. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000073496 | Frailty |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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A random number card will be drawn in sequence from a box. Even numbered cards will assign the patient to the experimental group, odd numbered cards will assign the patient to the control group. For the sham intervention (Sham Type II, same intervention with seeding and intermittent pressing) the seeds are placed at nonacupressure points for the control group.
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| The change of the intervention prehabilitation results | Compared to the control group, the intervention will demonstrate better increases in endurance, function, mood, breathing capacity, and strength. | End of Study (Week 4) |