Trial reportThe journal of pain2024
Wireless Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN): A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Clinical Trial.
Trial report in The journal of pain, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Wireless Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Phase II Clinical Trial
Study for the Evaluation of the Degree of Skin Satisfaction of Cosmetics Creams PB-011 and PB-012 for Sensitive Skin in Oncological Patients Affected by a Palmoplantar Polyneuropathy Secondary to Chemotherapy or Chemotherapeutic Agents' Fusion to Monoclonal Antibodies (Immunocitostatics)
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tailored transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improves dysesthesia in individuals with spinal cord injury: A randomized N-of-1 trial.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2026Trial
- Association of Pain With Mental and Physical Function in Patients With Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Secondary Analysis From Two Randomized Controlled Trials.Muscle & nerve · 2026Trial
- [Electrotherapy and sensory re-education as a treatment for chemotherapy-induced neuropathy].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Trial
- A topical nociceutical formulation ameliorates chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a pilot randomized clinical study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Trial
- Personalized outcomes in neuropathic pain: a clinical relevance and assay sensitivity analysis from a randomized controlled trial.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Trial
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for fibromyalgia-like syndrome in patients with Long-COVID: a pilot randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Mean of Daily Versus Single Week Recall-Based Pain Quality Assessments in Neuropathic Pain Trials: Implications for Assay Sensitivity.The journal of pain · 2024Trial
- Lumbar Sympathicolysis Attenuates Refractory Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in the Lower Extremities: A Prospective, Real-World Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
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- Psychometric properties and longitudinal measurement invariance of the treatment-induced neuropathy assessment scale in the Chinese cancer chemotherapy population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the reliability and validity of clinically-relevant outcome measures for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Exploring Analgesic Use Patterns Among Cancer Survivors With Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.Oncology nursing forum · 2024Article
- Exploration of the quantitative-effectiveness association between acupuncture temporal parameters and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in cancer patients: a dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affects approximately 30 to 60% of people who receive neurotoxic chemotherapy. CIPN is associated with impaired quality of life and function and has few effective treatments. This 6-site, subject and assessor-blinded randomized clinical trial (RCT) was designed to assess 1) preliminary efficacy (ie, alpha pre-specified at .2) of a wearable, app-controlled, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device for chronic CIPN and 2) feasibility of conducting a confirmatory trial within the National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) (NCT04367480). The primary outcome was the EORTC-CIPN20. The main secondary outcomes were individual symptoms assessed daily (via 0-10 numeric rating scales). The primary analysis was an analysis of covariance (outcome: EORTC-CIPN20, fixed effect: arm, covariates: baseline EORTC-CIPN20 and site). Secondary analyses used a similar analysis of covariance models (excluding site) for each symptom on subgroups of subjects with ≥4 out of 10 for that symptom at baseline. 142 eligible subjects were randomized and received a device; 130 (91%) completed the study. The difference between groups in the EORCT-CIPN20 at the endpoint (placebo-active) was 1.05 (95% Confidence Interval: -.56, 2.67; P = .199). The difference between groups for the individual symptoms was as follows: hot/burning pain: 1.37 (-.33, 3.08; P = .112), sharp/shooting pain: 1.21 (-.37, 2.79; P = .128), cramping: 1.35 (-.32, 3.02; P = .110), tingling: .23 (-.61, 1.08; P = .587), numbness: .27 (-.51, 1.05; P = .492). An RCT of an app-controlled TENS device for chronic CIPN with excellent retention is feasible in the NCORP. Preliminary efficacy evidence suggests that TENS is promising for pain and cramping from CIPN. A confirmatory RCT of TENS for painful CIPN is highly warranted. PERSPECTIVE: Daily, home-based TENS therapy demonstrates promising efficacy for painful CIPN symptoms in this proof-of-concept randomized clinical trial. Future confirmatory trial is warranted.
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