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Table 3 Schedule for outcome measurement

From: The efficacy and safety of electro-acupuncture for alleviating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in patients with coloreactal cancer: study protocol for a single-blinded, randomized sham-controlled trial

Period

B

T

           

F

   

Chemo cycle

 

1st

  

2nd

  

3rd

  

4th

  

5th

6th

7th

8th

week

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

18

21

24

Informed consent

                

FACT/GOC-Ntx

NRS

EORTC QLQ-C30

  

  

  

  

CCMQ

           

   

Vibration sense test

    

Light touch test

    

Safety assessment

    
  1. B baseline, T treatment phase, F follow-up phase, FACT/GOC-Ntx Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy/Gynecologic Oncology Group-Neurotoxicity, NRS numerical rating scale, EORTC QLQ-C30 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-C30, CCMQ Constitution of Chinese Medicine Questionnaire