Foot Reflexology and Ta-VNS for Symptom Management in Head and Neck Cancer During CCRT
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About the trial
Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) frequently experience pain, xerostomia, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and other treatment-related toxicities that impair quality of life and treatment adherence, with incomplete relief from current supportive care. This randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled trial evaluates whether foot reflexology (FR), transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (ta-VNS), and auricular acupressure (AA) reduce pain, xerostomia, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and treatment-related symptoms in HNC patients receiving cisplatin-based CCRT, compared with usual care. Participants are randomized to a foot reflexology group, an auricular vagus nerve stimulation group (each with true and sham subgroups), or a usual-care control group, and are followed at baseline and weeks 1, 2, and 4.
Original English text from ClinicalTrials.gov
Who can (and can't) join
✓ Qualifies
- •Potwierdzona histopatologicznie diagnoza raka głowy i szyi, stadium II-IVA
- •Wiek 30-75 lat
- •Zaplanowana druga seria chemioterapii opartej na cisplatynie z radioterapią
- •Świadomość, zdolność porozumiewania się i zrozumienia instrukcji
- •Zdolność do wykonywania procedur badawczych
✗ Disqualifies
- •Poważne zaburzenia pamięci lub choroby psychiatryczne uniemożliwiające uczestnictwo
- •Otwarte rany lub choroby skóry na stopach lub uszach
- •Historia zakrzepicy żył głębokich
- •Cukrzyca z ostatnim poziomem HbA1c powyżej 7,5%
- •Rozrusznik serca lub inny implant elektroniczny
- •Poważna niedoczynność szpiku kostnego
- •Ciąża lub karmienie piersią
- •Historia padaczki lub omdleń
Simplified criteria — AI translation
Trial details
- Minimum age
- 30 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
- Last updated (source)
- July 24, 2026
- Sex
- No restrictions
Therapies / drugs in trial
Locations (1)
Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology
Hualien City, Taiwan
Trial contact
Yu-Fu Chou MD
Chun-Hou Huang
Contact information from ClinicalTrials.gov. Contact in English.
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Data from ClinicalTrials.gov. AI-assisted translation, last sync: 7/18/2026.
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