Interest of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Xerostomia.

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The aim of the study is to show that auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of xerostomia

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 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.

⁃ Non inclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Locations
Other Locations
France
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest - Hôpital Morvan
RECRUITING
Brest
Hôpital Forcilles
RECRUITING
Férolles-attilly
GHP Saint Joseph
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Paris
Hôpital Foch
RECRUITING
Suresnes
Contact Information
Primary
Mireille Michel-Cherqui, MD
m.michel-cherqui@hopital-foch.org
+33(0)146252985
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-12-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 68
Treatments
Experimental: Real Auriculotherapy
Patients benefit from 3 sessions of auriculotherapy with semi-permanent needles on the 6 points according to the protocol of Alimi at one month intervals.
Sham_comparator: Sham Auriculotherapy
Patients are treated according to the same scheme as the experimental group but with semi-permanent needles positioned on non-specific points.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Hopital Foch

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