# Electroacupuncture in Treating Chronic Dry Mouth Caused By Radiation Therapy in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

> **NCT00623129** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Mayo Clinic** · enrollment: 30 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Head and Neck Cancer
- Radiation Toxicity
- Xerostomia

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** questionnaire administration
- **PROCEDURE:** electroacupuncture therapy
- **PROCEDURE:** management of therapy complications
- **PROCEDURE:** quality-of-life assessment

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00623129
- **Lead sponsor:** Mayo Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2006-02
- **Primary completion:** 2010-11
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 30 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** Slow accrual; did not meet accrual goal
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-19

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00623129

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00623129, "Electroacupuncture in Treating Chronic Dry Mouth Caused By Radiation Therapy in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00623129. Licensed CC0.

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