RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04222478
Interest of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Xerostomia
Interest of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Xerostomia.
Sponsor
Hopital Foch
Enrollment
68 participants
Start Date
Dec 4, 2019
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The aim of the study is to show that auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of xerostomia
Eligibility
Min Age: 18 Years
Inclusion Criteria15
- Patients over 18 years old;
- Complain about xerostomia after cervical irradiation in the context of ENT cancer;
- End of radiotherapy> 3 months
- Covered by a national healthcare insurance
- Consent form signed.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women;
- Local counterindication to auriculotherapy;
- With anticoagulant treatment;
- History or existing of hemophilia;
- Valvular prosthesis;
- Ear's pavilion infection;
- Treatment by auriculotherapy or acupuncture in this indication in the previous 12 months;
- Having started in the 48 hours preceding the first auriculotherapy session, any new management of xerostomia and likely to interfere with the study (specific medication and/or complementary therapeutic management);
- Difficulty to comply with the treatment, questionnaires or study protocol;
- Being deprived of liberty or under guardianship.
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Interventions
OTHERSpecific auriculotherapy
3 sessions of auriculotherapy with semi-permanent needles on the 6 points according to the "protocol of Alimi" at one month intervals.
OTHERNon-specific auriculotherapy
3 sessions of auriculotherapy with semi-permanent needles on non-specific points.
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