Scrambler Therapy With Duloxetine-based Usual Care vs Duloxetine-based Usual Care for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy.
Scrambler Therapy With Duloxetine-based Usual Care vs Duloxetine-based Usual Care for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized Phase II Pilot Trial.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
50 participants
Mar 3, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The investigators hypothesize that Scrambler therapy with duloxetine, compared to duloxetine-based usual care, will result in greater improvement in CIPN as measured by the BPI-Short Form. In addition, the investigators will further assess pain using the EORTC CIPN-20 and determine whether Scrambler therapy results in improved levels of function as measured with the PDQ, and a decreased need for opioid medications. Our primary objective is to investigate whether Scrambler therapy with duloxetine is superior to duloxetine-based usual care in achieving at least a 50% reduction in pain scores, when comparing the cross-sectionally measured "average" pain score at day 35 to the cross-sectionally measured "average" pain score at baseline.
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Interventions
Scrambler therapy will be administered by the staff of the Supportive Oncology and Palliative Care team who have been trained in Scrambler therapy and have extensive experience providing it to patients with neuropathic cancer-related pain. Patients who meet the study criteria will be treated daily, Monday through Friday, for up to 10 sessions. The treatment may be terminated sooner if a patient experiences complete pain relief or if it is ineffective after five sessions. Patients will be closely monitored during the treatment. The treatment is non-painful and not associated with any significant adverse effects.
15-minute-long questionnaires evaluating Pain and degree of pain.
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NCT06914557