225
Participants
Start Date
July 8, 2021
Primary Completion Date
May 30, 2025
Study Completion Date
May 30, 2026
In-person training for seed placement and APA
In-person seed placement and a training for the participant or their caregiver to place the seeds on the ear points.
Virtual training for seed placement and APA
Self-administer APA by placing the seeds according to the video instruction found in the self-guided smartphone application for understanding and administering APA. Participant and/or a caregiver will follow the video instruction on seed placement.
Usual Care
Participants will continue with usual care from oncologist.
Post-training zoom session for seed placement and APA coaching
Zoom session for seed placement and APA coaching, to occur after initial APA and seed placement training (initial training is either in person or guided by the smartphone app videos).
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
OTHER