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Effect of Acupuncture vs Sham Acupuncture or Waitlist Control on Joint Pain Related to Aromatase Inhibitors Among Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Overview of attention for article published in JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, July 2018
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Title
Effect of Acupuncture vs Sham Acupuncture or Waitlist Control on Joint Pain Related to Aromatase Inhibitors Among Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial
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JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, July 2018
DOI 10.1001/jama.2018.8907
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Dawn L. Hershman, Joseph M. Unger, Heather Greenlee, Jillian L. Capodice, Danika L. Lew, Amy K. Darke, Alice T. Kengla, Marianne K. Melnik, Carla W. Jorgensen, William H. Kreisle, Lori M. Minasian, Michael J. Fisch, N. Lynn Henry, Katherine D. Crew

Abstract

Musculoskeletal symptoms are the most common adverse effects of aromatase inhibitors and often result in therapy discontinuation. Small studies suggest that acupuncture may decrease aromatase inhibitor-related joint symptoms. To determine the effect of acupuncture in reducing aromatase inhibitor-related joint pain. Randomized clinical trial conducted at 11 academic centers and clinical sites in the United States from March 2012 to February 2017 (final date of follow-up, September 5, 2017). Eligible patients were postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer who were taking an aromatase inhibitor and scored at least 3 on the Brief Pain Inventory Worst Pain (BPI-WP) item (score range, 0-10; higher scores indicate greater pain). Patients were randomized 2:1:1 to the true acupuncture (n = 110), sham acupuncture (n = 59), or waitlist control (n = 57) group. True acupuncture and sham acupuncture protocols consisted of 12 acupuncture sessions over 6 weeks (2 sessions per week), followed by 1 session per week for 6 weeks. The waitlist control group did not receive any intervention. All participants were offered 10 acupuncture sessions to be used between weeks 24 and 52. The primary end point was the 6-week BPI-WP score. Mean 6-week BPI-WP scores were compared by study group using linear regression, adjusted for baseline pain and stratification factors (clinically meaningful difference specified as 2 points). Among 226 randomized patients (mean [SD] age, 60.7 [8.6] years; 88% white; mean [SD] baseline BPI-WP score, 6.6 [1.5]), 206 (91.1%) completed the trial. From baseline to 6 weeks, the mean observed BPI-WP score decreased by 2.05 points (reduced pain) in the true acupuncture group, by 1.07 points in the sham acupuncture group, and by 0.99 points in the waitlist control group. The adjusted difference for true acupuncture vs sham acupuncture was 0.92 points (95% CI, 0.20-1.65; P = .01) and for true acupuncture vs waitlist control was 0.96 points (95% CI, 0.24-1.67; P = .01). Patients in the true acupuncture group experienced more grade 1 bruising compared with patients in the sham acupuncture group (47% vs 25%; P = .01). Among postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer and aromatase inhibitor-related arthralgias, true acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture or with waitlist control resulted in a statistically significant reduction in joint pain at 6 weeks, although the observed improvement was of uncertain clinical importance. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01535066.

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Unknown 217 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 23 11%
Other 18 8%
Student > Master 16 7%
Researcher 14 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 5%
Other 29 13%
Unknown 107 49%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 57 26%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 3%
Neuroscience 5 2%
Psychology 4 2%
Other 14 6%
Unknown 113 52%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 425. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2024.
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#68,294
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#1,275
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#26
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